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How to install samtools v.1.2 on Ubuntu 14.0 32 bit?

Hi,

Can anybody please tell me how to install samtools v.1.2 on Ubuntu 14.0 32 bit?

I am very new to Linux environment and NGS tools. I have tried the following but the version is not what I want.

sudo apt-get install samtools

Please help me with the appropriate link to download samtools and the commands to install it.

Many thanks

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updated by Ram Ram • written by lakhujanivijay lakhujanivijay

If you are new to the field and you find it a hassle to install everything you need for your work you can use http://environmentalomics.org/bio-linux/ which is a version of ubuntu with a lot of bioinformatics packages added to. However it's always better to learn how to install packages yourself.

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updated by Ram Ram • written by Parham Parham

Hi Parham,

thanks for the answer, however, for now I need to stick with this version.

Can you help with my initial question?

Thanks

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written by lakhujanivijay lakhujanivijay

Coming back to my question after ~3 years with this answer

  1. Install conda

    Go to this link and download the appropriate miniconda installler. The file should look something like this Miniconda2-latest-Linux-xxx_xx.sh

  2. Follow installation steps

    Follow the steps mentioned at this link to install conda

  3. Activate conda

    conda activate

  4. Install samtools using conda

    conda install -c bioconda samtools

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updated by Ram Ram • written by lakhujanivijay lakhujanivijay

1 answer 

wget "https://github.com/samtools/samtools/releases/download/1.2/samtools-1.2.tar.bz2" && tar xfj samtools-1.2.tar.bz2  && (cd samtools-1.2 && make)

then put samtools in your path: https://linuxconfig.org/permanently-add-a-directory-to-shell-path

export PATH=/full/path/to/samtools-1.2:${PATH}
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updated by Ram Ram • written by Pierre Lindenbaum Pierre Lindenbaum

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