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        <h1>
          How to install pre-compiled CellProfiler on Linux
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          (For source installs, please see our <a href="https://github.com/CellProfiler/CellProfiler/wiki/*Source-installation-(Linux)">Github wiki</a>)

        <h2>
          CentOS 6 and similar distributions
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        <ol>
          <li>As root, create a file called /etc/yum.repos.d/cellprofiler.repo
          with the following contents:

            <pre>
[cellprofiler]
name=CellProfiler for CentOS 6
baseurl=http://d1zymp9ayga15t.cloudfront.net/linux/centos6/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
        
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          </li>

          <li>As root: <code>yum install cellprofiler</code>
          </li>

          <li>As a regular user, type <code>cellprofiler</code> to start
          CellProfiler. If the <code>DISPLAY</code> environment variable is
          set, CellProfiler will run in GUI mode.
          </li>
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