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MUMmer4 INSTALLATION README

Dependencies

If compiling from a release source tarball you need a recent version of the GCC compiler (g++ version >= 4.7) and other essential tools for compilation (GNU make, ar, etc. Install build-essentials on Debian or Ubuntu derivatives). Additional requirements are needed to compile the SWIG script bindings. See the SWIG installation guide.

If compiling from the github development tree, additionally you need autotools (autoconf, automake and libtools) version >= 1.14, yaggo. You should compile from a release source tarball, unless you plan on modifying the code of MUMmer.

Compilation & Installation

To compile and install:

./configure --prefix=/path/to/installation
make
make install

If --prefix is omitted, the software is installed in /usr/local. One may need sudo make install if installing in a system location.

If compiling from the git tree, do autoreconf -fi first.

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

The MUMmer4.x package requires the following to run successfully. In the absence of one or more of these utilities, certain MUMmer programs may fail to run correctly. In parenthesis the minimum version. These utilities must be accessible via the system path:

  • perl5 (5.6.0)
  • sh
  • sed
  • awk

OPTIONAL UTILITIES

To use the visualization tools included with MUMmer, it may be necessary to install the following utilities:

  • fig2dev (3.2.3)
  • gnuplot (4.0)
  • xfig (3.2)

UN-INSTALLATION

In the "MUMmer4.x" base directory type:

make uninstall

CONTACT INFORMATION

Please address questions and bug reports via the github issue tracker.