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Installation notes for FastQC version v0.11.7

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Prerequisites

Installation

1. $ ver="v0.11.7"
2. $ cd /programinstallers/
3. $ wget -N https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/fastqc_$ver.zip
4. $ cd /usr/local/bin
5. $ sudo unzip /programinstallers/fastqc_$ver.zip
6. $ sudo chown -R admin:admin FastQC
7. $ chmod +x FastQC/fastqc
8. Add to default PATH
   $ sudo nano /etc/profile
   …
   PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin/FastQC"
   …
9. Add to "Bioinformatics" menu
   $ sudo nano /usr/share/applications/Bioinformatics/fastqc.desktop

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