Linux, Macintosh, and HiC

The HiC environment is a Windows-specific system and so will not run directly on other systems. However, there are options for Linux users, and these options may apply to Macintosh users.

Macintosh users should be able to use the Windows compatibility software. Please let the author know if you have experience with this and I'll record the results here.

Linux users can try one of the following:

use Wine to run the full application - see here for directions on doing this
try running the Linux executable: hic

The Linux build was compiled for Linux 2.6.5 (within SUSE 9) and may or may not run with other variants of Linux. It's really intended for internal use by HiC developers, but it's being made available here just in case others can find it useful. This version is made to simply run programs through the command-line interface. For example, to run reverse.cpp, type

        ./hic reverse.cpp

Typing

        ./hic

by itself will give the options, but most of the options are intended for (internal) testing.

We have reports of the Linux hic working on the following variants:

Kubuntu distribution with kernel 2.6.22-14-generic.

Please let me know of additional experiences. Note this build will not work with Cygwin - that requires different libraries.

By the way, if you are interested in porting the application to alternative environments, please contact the author. The compiler and run-time are written using standard C++, so these portions should port to other platforms quite easily. Almost all required work would be in providing a new front end.