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Installation notes for FigTree version 1.4.3

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Prerequisites

java ≥1.5

Installation

1. $ ver="1.4.3"
2. $ cd /programinstallers/
3. Downloaded FigTree_v1.4.3.tgz manually from web site
4. $ tar -zxvf FigTree_v$ver.tgz
5. $ cd FigTree_v$ver
6. $ sudo cp -puv lib/figtree.jar /usr/local/bin/
7. Create a launcher
   $ sudo nano /usr/share/applications/Bioinformatics/FigTree.desktop
8. Add this text:
   

   #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
   [Desktop Entry]
   Version=1.0
   Type=Application
   Terminal=false
   Exec=java -Xms64m -Xmx512m -jar /usr/local/bin/figtree.jar
   Path=
   Name=FigTree
   Comment=
   Icon=
   Categories=Bioinformatics

9. Cleanup
   $ cd /programinstallers ; rm FigTree_v$ver -rf