GNU/Linux Build Guide

Author:

Jose Guzman

Release:

dev

Date:

02 April, 2026

Stimfit on GNU/Linux is now built from source through the CMake-based workflow documented in [BUILDING.md](BUILDING.md). The pages in this section focus on Linux-specific package requirements and the standalone [stfio](doc/sphinx/stfio/index.rst) module build path.

Contents

• Building the Python module only
  • Building stfio for non-default Python distributions
• Building Stimfit
  • What we need before we start
  • Optional: PyEMF
  • Download the Stimfit source code
  • Build Stimfit
  • Building Stimfit with BioSig import filter
  • Building documentation