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Installation notes for SplitsTree4 version xxx

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Prerequisites

Java

Installation

1. $ ver="4_14_2"
2. $ cd /programinstallers/
3. $ wget -N http://ab.inf.uni-tuebingen.de/data/software/splitstree4/download/splitstree4_unix_$ver.sh
4. $ bash splitstree4_unix_$ver.sh

   …
   I accept the agreement
   Yes [1], No [2]
   1
   Where should SplitsTree4 be installed?
   [/home/xxx/splitstree4]
   /usr/local/bin/splitstree4
   Which components should be installed?
   *: SplitsTree [*1]
   1: Manual [*2]
   2: Examples [*3]
   (To show the description of a component, please enter one of *1, *2, *3)
   Please enter a comma-separated list of the selected values or [Enter] for the default selection:
   [1,2]
   
   Create symlinks?
   Yes [y, Enter], No [n]
   n
   Extracting files ...
                                                                              
   Check for updates how often?
   Check for updates:
   On every start [1]
   Daily [2]
   Weekly [3]
   Monthly [4]
   Never [5, Enter]
   4
   Set maximum allowed memory usage for SplitsTree
   Set max memory usage (in megabytes) [200-512000]
   [600]
   16000
   Setup has finished installing SplitsTree4 on your computer.
   Finishing installation ...

5. Create a program launcher for all users
   $ sudo nano /usr/share/applications/Bioinformatics/splitstree4.desktop

   #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
   [Desktop Entry]
   Version=1.0
   Type=Application
   Terminal=false
   Exec=/usr/local/bin/splitstree4/SplitsTree
   Name=SplitsTree4 
   Comment=SplitsTree4 - Software for computing phylogenetic networks
   Icon=/
   Categories=Bioinformatics

6. This file does not have to be unreadable (700)
   $ chmod 744 /usr/local/bin/splitstree4/uninstall