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Installation notes for Mauve version snapshot_2015-02-13

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Prerequisites

Java

Installation

  1. $ ver="2015-02-13"
  2. $ cd /programinstallers/
  3. $ wget -N http://darlinglab.org/mauve/snapshots/2015/$ver/linux-x64/mauve_linux_snapshot_$ver.tar.gz
  4. $ cd /usr/local/bin
  5. $ tar -zxvf /programinstallers/mauve_linux_snapshot_$ver.tar.gz
  6. Make a version-independent symlink
    $ ln -s /usr/local/bin/mauve_snapshot_$ver /usr/local/bin/mauve
  7. Hide the 32-bit versions and use the 64-bit version
    $ cd /usr/local/bin/mauve
  8. Move selected architecture to a location that will be in the PATH
    $ mv linux-x64/{mauveAligner,progressiveMauve} .
  9. Add Mauve to the default PATH
    $ sudo nano /etc/profile

    PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin/mauve"
  10. 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