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To install UGENE on Linux:

Download UGENE Linux installation package:

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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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Alternatively, to use UGENE without installing:

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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

Several native packages for speciﬁc Linux distributions are also available. UGENE is a part of Ubuntu and Fedora Linux distributions. See the next chapter.