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There are two ways; Launching IGV in your web browser or by downloading the binaries locally and running IGV from your machine.
In Browser
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Locally on the classroom machines booted in Linux
This downloads the IGV executable and tells the command line to launch it (via the java command).
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wget http://www.broadinstitute.org/ |
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igv/projects/ |
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Go ahead and click on the "Launch with 2 GB" option. This will download a "Java Web Start" file that you can launch by locating it on your Desktop and double-clicking.
Locally on the classroom machines booted in Linux
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wget http://www.broadinstitute.org/igv/projects/downloads/IGV_2.3.5.zip unzip IGV_2.downloads/IGV_2.3.5.zip unzip IGV_2.3.5.zip cd IGV_2.3.5 java -Xmx2g -jar igv.jar |
In a Web browser
Navigate a web browser to this page:http://www.broadinstitute.org/software/igv/download. You will need to register your email address to use this option!
Go ahead and click on the "Launch with 2 GB" option. This will download a "Java Web Start" file that you can launch by locating it on your Desktop and double-clicking.
Locally on your own Mac or Windows computer
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