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Installation notes for Mesquite version 3.01

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Prerequisites

None

Installation

1. $ ver="301";verd="3.01"
2. $ cd /programinstallers/
3. $ wget -N https://github.com/MesquiteProject/MesquiteCore/releases/download/$verd/Mesquite${ver}_Linux.tgz
4. $ cd /usr/local/bin
5. If upgrading, remove the old version first
   $ rm MesquiteFolder -rf
6. $ tar -zxvf /programinstallers/Mesquite${ver}_Linux.tgz
7. $ chmod +x /usr/local/bin/Mesquite_Folder/mesquite.sh
8. Optionally add -Xmx64G or other value to the penultimate line in mesquite.sh
9. Create a launcher
   $ sudo nano /usr/share/applications/Bioinformatics/Mesquite.desktop
10. Add this text:
    

    #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
    
    [Desktop Entry]
    Version=1.0
    Type=Application
    Terminal=false
    Exec=/usr/local/bin/Mesquite_Folder/mesquite.sh
    Path=
    Name=Mesquite
    Comment=
    Icon=mesquiteIcon.png
    Categories=Bioinformatics

11. Link to the icon referenced in the launcher, copy to /usr/share/pixmaps/