nxCode - DNA Barcode Designer and Decoder

for Next-Gen Sequencing
Cold Spring Harbor Labs
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  1. Download & Install nxCode
  2. Graph Support (Optional)
Download & Install nxCode
Download nxCode Package (v0.1) - last update: 20 Nov 2008

In order to install nxCode - do the following:
  1. Download the package.
  2. Make sure you have Perl (v5.8 or later) installed on your system.
  3. Make sure you have the following Perl Modules installed on your system (from CPAN):
  • Term::ProgressBar
  • Spreadsheet::ParseExcel
  • Math::BaseCalc
  • Data::PowerSet
Graph Support (Optional)
Install The following CPAN Modules only if you intend to use --graph (nxDecoder) or --tm_hist (nxCodeBuilder):
  • GD::Graph::bars
  • GD::Graph::colour 

To use --tm_hist (nxCodeBuilder) you will also need to install:
  • dan program from the EMBOSS package (download EMBOSS or use 'apt get install emboss').
for details regarding how to run nxCode please see Usage.