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1470	ChimeraX in PyPi	Tom Goddard	Tom Goddard	"Why don't we put amenable ChimeraX Python modules into PyPi so other developers can use them?

I was asked this at the 3D image hackathon when I gave a demonstration.  They wanted to use just map rendering.  Today Supritha Amudhu working with John Irwin on using ChimeraX with their docking-related tool was suprised that pip install of ChimeraX did not work.

Almost everything important in Python is in the PyPi ecosystem.  We seem behind the times to not be putting any of our modules in PyPi.

I proposed making the PyPi ChimeraX wheel in our CZI Visual Proteomics grant proposal on VR for microscopy (Feb 2021), and also our CZI Essential Open Source Software proposal (infrastructure improvements, May 2021).  The CZI grants require redistributable open source licensing and the PyPi package will address that requirement."	enhancement	assigned	major		Platform				chimera-programmers				all	ChimeraX