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• Online installer: updates to new versions are supported
• TAR.GZ archive: does not require Internet connection to be installed
• Native installation: available for Ubuntu and Fedora only, provides closer integration with the operating systems, requires administrative rights

Other packages for older UGENE version are available on the web page http://ugene.net/download-all.html.Information about native installation on Ubuntu and Fedora is provided below.

Installation using online installer

• Download an archive with the online installer file for your platform("ugeneInstaller_64bit.tar").
• Make the file executable - in the Terminal run "chmod +x installer_file_name".
• Execute the file: "./installer_file_name". For example:Unpack the archive.

• Run the extracted "ugeneInstaller_64bit" executable file.

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  cd ~/Downloads chmodtar +x-xf ugeneInstaller_64bit.tar ./ugeneInstaller_64bit

• Follow the installation wizard.

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• Download the TAR.GZ archive.

• Unpack the archive - in the Terminal run "tar -xf xzf archive_file".

• From the unpacked folder run "./ugene -uiugeneui" (here "ui" states for "User Interface"). For example:

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  cd ~/Downloads tar -xfxzf ugene-current-version-x86-64.tar.gz cd ugene-current-version ./ugene -uiugeneui

On a new UGENE version release, a notification will appear. However, to install the new version, it is required to manually download the package again.

Native installation

UGENE is a part of Ubuntu and Fedora distributions. Follow the instructions below to install it on one of these systems.