ClustalW

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Contents 1 ClustalW 1.1 Requirements 1.2 Installation 1.2.1 Prep 1.2.2 Build 1.2.3 Install 1.3 Distribution specific notes 1.3.1 Ubuntu 1.3.2 Debian 1.3.3 openSUSE 1.3.4 Fedora 1.4 Troubleshooting 1.5 Advanced configuration 1.6 Links

ClustalW

Multiple Sequence Alignment Program

For details and citation purposes see paper
Clustal W and Clustal X version 2.0", Larkin M., et al. Bioinformatics 2007 23(21):2947-2948
http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/23/21/2947

Name	ClustalW
Summary	Multiple Sequence Alignment Program
Version	2.0.12
License	GPL
URL	http://www.clustal.org/

Requirements

1. gcc
2. gcc-c++
3. make

Installation

Prep

tar zxvf clustalw-2.0.12.tar.gz

Fix line-ending in LICENSE

sed -i 's/\r//' LICENSE

Build

cd clustalw-2.0.12/
./configure
make

Install

As root

make install

As user (no root privileges) Copy the clustalw2 binary

cd src
cp clustalw2 /home/user/bin

The program can then be executed using the following command from a terminal

clustalw2

Distribution specific notes

Ubuntu

Debian

openSUSE

Fedora

Troubleshooting

Common problems and solutions

Advanced configuration

Additional configure options, applying patches etc.,

Links

• Homepage - http://www.clustal.org/