DNASTAR® SeqMan NGen® Installation Guide for Linux®

DNASTAR, Inc. 2014

Before You Begin

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This document pertains to SeqMan NGen® version 12 and was last updated on September 15, 2014.

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Technical Requirements

For requirements related to the installation of SeqMan NGen, please refer to our SeqMan NGen Technical Requirements web page. Administrator privileges are required to perform this installation.

2 SeqMan NGen Installation Guide for Linux Installing and Uninstalling Via the Graphical User Interface

SeqMan NGen may be installed/uninstalled via the Graphical User Interface (pp. 3-4) or via the Terminal (pp. 5-6). Both methods require administrator rights.

CentOS users should note that the RPM package of SeqMan NGen Linux is digitally signed using GNU Privacy Guard (GPG). Installing a Public Key before you install SeqMan NGen lets you verify that the is a genuine DNASTAR product. CentOS users who do not have the Public Key will receive a warning message during installation. You can safely ignore this warning and continue with the installation.

If you wish to install the Public Key, you must have administrator rights. Download the key from our website to your desktop. Then import it into your packaging system by typing rpm — import /~/Desktop/SeqManNGen-RPM-GPG.KEY. You may now proceed with the installation of any DNASTAR-signed RPM package without receiving a warning message.

Installing

To install SeqMan NGen using the Linux GUI:

1) Double-click on the SeqMan NGen Linux RPM (CentOS) or () package file.

2) Follow the on-screen instructions. If you receive a message that the computer is unable to verify the software (see p. 2), choose ‘Install Anyway.”

When the installation process is finished, test whether smng/xng can be started from the Terminal window:

1) Open a Terminal window and type smng. If the installation was successful, the program will display information such as the version number, build date, expiration date and the architecture it is running.

2) Next, type xng. Successful installation will return the same information described above.

3) Finally, type SeqManNGen. Successful installation will result in the SeqMan NGen wizard being launched.

SeqMan NGen Installation Guide for Linux 3 Uninstalling

CentOS Users

To uninstall SeqMan NGen using the Linux GUI:

1) From the Applications tab in the upper taskbar, choose Add/Remove Software to open the .

2) Select the Search tab.

3) Search for SeqManNGen.

4) Uninstall SeqMan NGen by unchecking the found package and then clicking Apply.

Ubuntu® Users

To uninstall SeqMan NGen using the Linux GUI:

1) From the Applications tab in the upper taskbar, choose .

2) Select Installed Software.

3) Search for SeqManNGen.

4) Uninstall SeqMan NGen by selecting Remove.

Installing and Uninstalling Via the Terminal

SeqMan NGen may be installed/uninstalled via the Terminal (this topic) or via the Graphical User Interface (see preceding topic). Both methods require administrator rights.

4 SeqMan NGen Installation Guide for Linux Installing

CentOS Users

In the instructions below, the version number for SeqMan NGen is represented by x’s.

To install SeqMan NGen from the Terminal:

• Log in as the superuser by typing su –l, then type the command below with the path to the SeqMan NGen RPM package. For example: su –l rpm –i ~/Desktop/SeqManNGen-xx.x.x-74.x86.rpm

• If you are already in the “sudoers file" (superuser list), instead type rpm –i followed by the command and path from above. For example: sudo rpm –i ~/Desktop/SeqManNGen-xx.x.x-74.x86.rpm

Note: To view enhanced installation information, substitute the command "rpm –iv" for "rpm –i" in the examples above.

Ubuntu® Users

In the instructions below, the version number for SeqMan NGen is represented by x’s.

To install SeqMan NGen from the Terminal:

• Log in as the superuser by typing su –l, then type the command below with the path to the SeqMan NGen DEB package. For example: su –l –i ~/Desktop/SeqManNGen-xx.x.x-74.x86.deb

Note: To use the su –l command in Ubuntu, you must first enable the root password. • If you are already in the “sudoers file" (superuser list), instead type sudo dpkg –i followed by the command and path from above. For example: sudo dpkg –i ~/Desktop/SeqManNGen-xx.x.x-74.x86.deb

SeqMan NGen Installation Guide for Linux 5 Uninstalling

CentOS Users

• To uninstall SeqMan NGen from the Terminal, type: su –l rpm –e SeqManNGen

• If you are already in the “sudoers file” (superuser list), instead type: sudo rpm –e SeqManNGen

Ubuntu® Users

• To uninstall SeqMan NGen from the Ubuntu Software Center:

1) Launch the Ubuntu Software Center.

2) Click the arrow to the right of “Installed” (located at the top of the window) and choose “Unknown” from the list.

3) Select SeqMan NGen Linux and press the Remove button.

• To uninstall SeqMan NGen from the Terminal, type: su –l dpkg –r SeqManNGen

Note: To use the su –l command in Ubuntu, you must first enable the root password. • If you are already in the “sudoers file” (superuser list), instead type: sudo dpkg –r SeqManNGen

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