T-Coffee

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Package details 3 Installation 3.1 Linux 4 Running 5 Troubleshooting

Introduction

T-Coffee is a program for performing Multiple Sequence Alignment of Protein or DNA sequences.

Package details

• Format: ZIP archive
  
• Source Code: http://www.tcoffee.org/Packages/T-COFFEE_distribution.tar.gz
  
• Version: 5.05
  
• License: GPL/Academic
  
• Developer(s):
  
• Website: http://www.tcoffee.org
  
• Download: http://www.tcoffee.org/Packages/T-COFFEE_distribution.tar.gz
  
• Requirements: ClustalW pre-installed
  
• FAQ:
  

Installation

Linux

1. Download the file T-COFFEE_distribution.tar.gz from the download location.
   
   
2. Uncompress the file to a convenient location(ex: temp)
   

   cd temp

   tar zxvf T-COFFEE_distribution.tar.gz

3. This will create the directory T-COFFEE_distribution_Version_5.05. Move into this directory and configure the software
   

   cd T-COFFEE_distribution_Version_5.05

   ./install

4. The above step will create the t_coffee binary in the bin directory. Copy this binary into a convenient location(ex: /usr/local/bin)
   

   cp bin/t_coffee /usr/local/bin/

Running

T-Coffee can be run from a terminal using the command t_coffee

Troubleshooting