Ghana-Installation-software.md

@@ -417,3 +417,34 @@ Add /usr/local/bioinfo/samtools-1.9/bin to the path :
 ### Usage:
           
            samtools + arguments
+
+
+# FastQC:
+
+Description: A quality control tool for high throughput sequence data.
+
+
+URL: https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/
+
+
+### Installation:
+
+        cpan install findbin
+        mkdir -p /usr/local/bioinfo/
+        cd /opt/sources
+        wget https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/fastqc_v0.11.8.zip
+        unzip -u fastqc_v0.11.8.zip
+        mv FastQC fastqc-0.11.8
+        chmod +x fastqc-0.11.8/fastqc
+        chmod +x fastqc
+
+Add /usr/local/bioinfo/fastqc-0.11.8 to the path :
+
+       echo  'export PATH=/usr/local/bioinfo/fastqc-0.11.8/:$PATH' >>/etc/profile
+       
+       source /etc/profile
+
+
+### Usage:
+          
+            fastqc + arguments