Genscan

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Package details 3 Installation 3.1 Linux 3.1.1 OpenSUSE 3.1.2 RedHat/Fedora 3.1.3 Ubuntu/Debian 4 Running 5 Troubleshooting

Introduction

Genscan is a program for gene prediction in Vertebrate, Maize and Arabidopsis. The program is available as a server and as a standalone program for Sun/Solaris, SGI/Irix, DEC/Tru64 and Intel/Linux.

To obtain a standalone version of the program, follow the instructions given at the end of the page [1]. If accepted, the program will be sent by email as an attachment (Filename: genscanlinux.tar.uue)

Package details

• Source Code: Pre-compiled binary in UUencoded form
  
• Version: -
  
• License: Academic
  
• Developer(s): Burge, C. and Karlin, S.
  
• Website: http://genes.mit.edu/GENSCAN.html
  
• Download: http://genes.mit.edu/GENSCANinfo.html
  
• Requirements:
  
• FAQ:
  

Installation

Linux

OpenSUSE

1. The program is a tar archive in a uuencoded form (Filename: genscanlinux.tar.uue)
   
2. It can be decoded with the program uudecode to give the tar archive
   

   uudecode genscanlinux.tar.uue

3. Uncompress the tar archive to a global location (ex: /usr/local)
   

   cd /usr/local

   mkdir genscan

   cd genscan

   tar xvf /data/genscanlinux.tar

4. Create a symbolic link for easy access
   

   cd /usr/local/bin

   ln -s /usr/local/genscan/genscan genscan

RedHat/Fedora

• Same as above

Ubuntu/Debian

• Same as above

Running

Troubleshooting