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Installation notes for Mauve version snapshot_2015-02-13
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Installation
- $ ver="2015-02-13"
- $ cd /programinstallers/
- $ wget -N http://darlinglab.org/mauve/snapshots/2015/$ver/linux-x64/mauve_linux_snapshot_$ver.tar.gz
- $ cd /usr/local/bin
- $ tar -zxvf /programinstallers/mauve_linux_snapshot_$ver.tar.gz
- Make a version-independent symlink
$ ln -s /usr/local/bin/mauve_snapshot_$ver /usr/local/bin/mauve
- Hide the 32-bit versions and use the 64-bit version
$ cd /usr/local/bin/mauve
- Move selected architecture to a location that will be in the PATH
$ mv linux-x64/{mauveAligner,progressiveMauve} .
- Add Mauve to the default PATH
$ sudo nano /etc/profile
…
PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin/mauve"
…
- Create a launcher in the Bioinformatics menu for all users
$ sudo nano /usr/share/applications/Bioinformatics/Mauve.desktop
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon[en_US]=mauve_icon.png
Name[en_US]=Mauve
Exec=/usr/local/bin/mauve/Mauve
Path=/tmp
Comment[en_US]=Multiple Genome Alignment
Name=Mauve
Comment=Multiple Genome Alignment
Icon=mauve_icon.png
Categories=Bioinformatics