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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

Download links for the online installers and TAR.GZ archives are available on the "Download UGENE and components" page. Be careful to select a link for correct platform (64-bit or 32-bit).

Information about native installation on Ubuntu and Fedora is provided below.

Installation using online installer

• Download the online installer file for your platform (3264-bit or 6432-bit).
• Make the file executable - in the Terminal run "chmod +x installer_file_name".

• Execute the file: "./installer_file_name". For example:

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To install UGENE on Linux:

• Download UGENE Linux installation package:

  64bit

• Follow the installation wizard.

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• Set the file as executable:

chmod +x [name of the downloaded file]

• Launch the file and follow the Unipro Setup wizard.

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• Unpack the archive. You can use this command:

tar -xf [name of the downloaded *.tar.gz file]

• Change the working directory to the unpacked UGENE directory:

cd [name of the unpacked directory]

• Launch the UGENE GUI version using the command:

./ugene -ui

or the command line version using the command:

./ugene

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On a new UGENE version release, a notification will appear with an option to update the package.

Installation using TAR.GZ archive

• Download the required TAR.GZ archive. Choose Standard, Full, or NGS package for your platform (64-bit or 32-bit). Note that the NGS package is available for 64-bit platform only.

   

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

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

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  cd ~/Downloads tar -xf ugene-current-version-x86-64.tar.gz cd ugene-current-version ./ugene -ui

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

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Follow the instructions below to install it on one of these systems.