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Installation notes for ABySS Explorer version 1.3.4 - July 20, 2012

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Prerequisites

• Java

Installation

1. $ ver="1.3.4"
2. $ cd /programinstallers/
3. $ wget -N http://www.bcgsc.ca/downloads/abyss-explorer/abyss-explorer-$ver/abyss-explorer-$ver.zip
4. Icon for later
   $ wget -N http://www.bcgsc.ca/downloads/abyss-explorer/abyss-explorer-$ver/abyss-explorer-icon.png
5. $ cd /usr/local/bin
6. $ mkdir abyss-explorer && cd abyss-explorer
7. $ unzip /programinstallers/abyss-explorer-$ver.zip
8. Create a launcher
   $ sudo nano /usr/share/applications/Bioinformatics/ABySS-Explorer_1.3.4.desktop
   

   [Desktop Entry]
   Version=1.0
   Name=ABySS-Explorer 1.3.4
   Comment=ABySS-Explorer 1.3.4
   Type=Application
   Icon=abyss-explorer-icon.png
   Vendor=BC Cancer Agency Genome Sciences Centre
   Exec=java -jar "/usr/local/bin/abyss-explorer/AbyssExplorer.jar"
   Categories=Bioinformatics

9. Install the icon referenced in the launcher
   $ sudo cp -puv /programinstallers/abyss-explorer-icon.png /usr/share/pixmaps/abyss-explorer-icon.png