NMRFAM Sparky is a powerful tool for multidimensional NMR data analysis. This procedure is intended for those who need to analyze multidimensional NMR spectra.

1. Requirements

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or newer
• Sudo permissions

2. Steps

1. Download NMRFAM Sparky here
2. Extract the contents
3. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you extracted the installer
4. Run the following command: sudo python2.7/bin/python2.7 ./install.py /destination/
5. After the installation is complete, you should be able to run the program using the command sparky

3. Possible issues during installation

You may need to install some additional libraries:

3.1 Installation of the PNG12 library

• 64-bit: $ sudo wget -q -O /tmp/libpng12.deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/libp/libpng/libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb && sudo dpkg -i /tmp/libpng12.deb
• 32-bit: $ sudo wget -q -O /tmp/libpng12.deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/libp/libpng/libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1_i386.deb && sudo dpkg -i /tmp/libpng12.deb

3.2 Installation of 32-bit compatibility libraries

$ bash
$ sudo apt-get install lib32ncurses5 lib32stdc++6 lib32z1 lib32gcc1 libxrender1:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxft2:i386 gtk2-engines:i386 gtk2-engines-*:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 libgtkmm-2.4*:i386 libatk-adaptor:i386 libgail-common:i386
$ sudo cp /usr/lib32/libz.so.1 <NMRFAM-SPARKY>/lib/libz.so
$ exit