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Installation of FigTree 1.3.1

Installation of FigTree 1.3.1

Additional libraries

Java, already installed.

Procedure

Here is the procedure to install FigTree:

  • After downloading the archive the FigTree files, yo uhave to decompressed it in /home/bioubuntu and move the newly created folder in /opt/bio/sources:
% sudo mv FigTree_v1.3.1 /opt/bio/sources
  • This folder should belong to root and its permissions should be set to 755.
% sudo chown -R root:root /opt/bio/sources/FigTree_v1.3.1
% sudo chmod 755 /opt/bio/sources/FigTree_v1.3.1
  • The figtree script found in /opt/bio/sources/FigTree_v1.3.1/bin needs to be edited to make it work in Impilo:
#!/bin/sh
FIGTREE_HOME=/opt/bio/sources/FigTree_v1.3.1
java -Xms64m -Xmx512m -jar $FIGTREE_HOME/lib/figtree.jar $*
  • To make it available to all, do the following steps:
% sudo chmod 755 /opt/bio/sources/FigTree_v1.3.1/bin/figtree
% sudo ln -s /opt/bio/sources/FigTree_v1.3.1/bin/figtree /usr/local/bin/figtree
  • To add FigTree in the Impilo application menu, you need to edit the Xfce4 configuration file:
% sudo xfce4-menueditor /etc/xdg/xfce4/desktop/menu.xml
  • The three items to add are :
    • Item: Launcher
    • Name: FigTree
    • Command: figtree