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Installation notes for Bandage version 0.8.1

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Prerequisites

Bandage requires Qt 5.2 or later to run, which is included on many modern Linux distributions.
If it is not already installed, you can find it through your package manager or from the Qt website: http://www.qt.io/download-open-source/
Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install qt5-default

Installation

1. $ ver="0.8.1";ver2="0_8_1"
2. $ cd /programinstallers/
3. $ wget -N https://github.com/rrwick/Bandage/releases/download/v$ver/Bandage_Ubuntu_dynamic_v$ver2.zip
4. $ unzip Bandage_Ubuntu_dynamic_v$ver2.zip

   Archive:  Bandage_Ubuntu_dynamic_v0_8_1.zip
     inflating: Bandage        
     inflating: sample_LastGraph
     inflating: dependencies

5. $ sudo mv Bandage /usr/local/bin/
6. Cleanup
   $ rm dependencies
7. Create a launcher
   $ sudo nano /usr/share/applications/Bioinformatics/Bandage.desktop

   #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
   [Desktop Entry]
   Version=1.0
   Type=Application
   Terminal=false
   Exec=/usr/local/bin/Bandage
   Name=Bandage
   Comment=Bandage
   Icon=
   Categories=Bioinformatics