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HOW TO INSTALL VELVETOPTIMISER
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1. DOWNLOAD TARBALL
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Download the latest .tar.gz file from the website:

    http://bioinformatics.net.au/software.velvetoptimiser.shtml

For example: 

    VelvetOptimiser-2.2.4.tar.gz 



2. UNTAR
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Choose a place to put the software - it comes in it's own directory.

Here we install it as a normal user in our $HOME directory (eg. /home/peter)

    % cd $HOME
    % sudo tar zxvf /path/to/VelvetOptimiser-2.2.4.tar.gz 

You now have it in a folder called $HOME/VelvetOptimiser-2.2.4



3. ADD TO PATH
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Add the following to your $HOME/.bashrc file

    export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/VelvetOptimiser-2.2.4

You will have to log out and log back in for this to be incorporated.


4. TRY IT
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Type:

    % VelvetOptimiser.pl

You should see the command line help. For detailed instructions read the
README file:

    % less $HOME/VelvetOptimiser-2.2.4/README