Name
installSoftware.pl - Smash driver script for installing external software
Synopsis
installSoftware.pl [options]
Options
--type(required)- type of software being installed (Assembler or GenePredictor)
--name(required)- name of the software program (Arachne|Celera|Forge for Assembler, and GeneMark|MetaGene for GenePredictor)
--version(required)- version being installed
--cluster- name of cluster
--host- name of host
--license- location of license file, required only for name=GeneMark
--help- Prints this manual.
Description
installSoftware.pl is a wrapper script to install external software into Smash repository. It currently supports the following programs:
- Assemblers:
- Arachne, Celera
- Gene predictors:
- GeneMark, MetaGene
A normal execution of this script would be:
installSoftware.pl --type=Assembler --name=Arachne \
--version=3.1 --host=host123
Please note that "installation" here refers to installing these packages in Smash. Running this script does not compile and build the software. That must have been done by the user prior to running this script. Please refer to the manual of the respective software if you need help with compiling and building them.
