software installation

Overview

All of the workshop software is included on the USB flash drives handed out to participants. We support two platforms: Mac OS X and Ubuntu Linux.

Here are instructions for installing the workshop applications on each platform using the USB flash drive.

Windows

For those participants with Windows notebooks or laptop computers, you will be required to install our customized Ubuntu Linux distribution so that you will be able to work in a UNIX environment. Instructions for doing that can
be found in the Ubuntu Linux section.

Mac OS X

For those participants running Mac OS X, we created a simple procedure for
installing the workshop applications and activity files on your computer.

  1. On the USB flash drive under Install, browse to the Mac folder.
  2. Then, simply double-click on the install file (it may also appear as install.command).

The workshop files will be extracted to your home directory (~/wcg_oct2011) and the command line applications will be automatically placed on your PATH so that they can be run from any location.

Additional Applications

Some of the applications used in the workshop require additional steps. Please follow the instructions below for each one.

R

  1. Using the Finder, open the folder ~/wcg_oct2011/software/R-2.13.1.
  2. Double-click R-2.13.1.pkg to run the R installation package.



Tablet

  1. Using the Finder, open the folder ~/wcg_oct2011/software/tablet-1.11.08.10.
  2. Double-click Tablet Installer.app to run the Tablet installer.



MEGAN

  1. Using the Finder, open the folder ~/wcg_oct2011/software/MEGAN_4_61_6.
  2. Double-click MEGAN Installer.app to run the MEGAN installer.
  3. You may register under your own name or enter the following:

    name: Workshop on Genomics
    institute: Washington University
    email: handley.scott@gmail.com
    license-key: 11965972

Using a Virtual Machine

It is also possible to use our Ubuntu Linux distribution on a virtual machine.

  1. Install VirtualBox. Installers are included in the flash drive, under the VirtualBox folder.
  2. Request a special version of the flash drive from the instructors.
  3. Copy the file WCG_Ubuntu.zip to your hard drive.
  4. Uncompress the file WCG_Ubuntu.zip on your hard drive.
  5. Open Workshop on Comparative Genomics.vbox in VirtualBox.



ALTERNATE METHOD

If the above procedure does not work or you wish to use your own virtualization software, you may follow the steps below:

  1. Open your favorite virtualization program.
  2. Install a clean copy of Ubuntu 11.04 via the image found on the flash drive in Ubuntu Linux/image/ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso.
  3. Follow the instructions in the Ubuntu Linux section, starting with step 4.