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How to install Cortex on Ubuntu?

Dr. Muniba Faiza
Last updated: December 21, 2020 10:43 pm
Dr. Muniba Faiza
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Cortex is a user-friendly framework for genome analysis [1]. It acquires less memory and is quite efficient in performance. It’s installation involves various steps. In this article, we will install Cortex on Ubuntu.

Contents
Preparing systemDownloading CortexInstalling CortexReferences

Preparing system

Let’s update and upgrade the system first. Open the terminal (Ctrl+T) and type the following commands:

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get upgrade

Downloading Cortex

Move inside a directory where you want to download the software. Then, paste the following command in your terminal or download it from here.

$ wget https://dl.bintray.com/thehive-project/binary/cortex-latest.zip

Installing Cortex

Extract the zip file using the following command and then install.

$ unzip cortex-latest.zip

It will create a new directory in your current directory, namely, ‘cortex-3.0.1.1′. Now, move inside the new directory and create link.

$ cd cortex-3.0.1-1/

$ ln -s cortex-3.0.1-1 cortex

$ sudo addgroup cortex

$ sudo adduser --system cortex

$ sudo cp /cortex/cortex-3.0.1-1/package/cortex.service /usr/lib/systemd/system

$ sudo chown -R cortex:cortex /cortex/cortex-3.0.1-1/

$ sudo chgrp cortex /cortex/cortex-3.0.1-1/package/cortex.conf

$ sudo chmod 640 /cortex/cortex-3.0.1-1/

$ sudo systemctl enable cortex

$ sudo service cortex start

Now, you can easily run Cortex on your system.


References

  1. Iqbal, Z., Caccamo, M., Turner, I., Flicek, P., & McVean, G. (2012). De novo assembly and genotyping of variants using colored de Bruijn graphs. Nature genetics, 44(2), 226-232.
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Dr. Muniba is a Bioinformatician based in New Delhi, India. She has completed her PhD in Bioinformatics from South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. She has cutting edge knowledge of bioinformatics tools, algorithms, and drug designing. When she is not reading she is found enjoying with the family. Know more about Muniba
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