Ghana-Installation-software.md

@@ -326,3 +326,33 @@ Add /usr/local/bioinfo/GeneMark-ES-4.38 to the path :
 ### Usage:
           Choose a tool in /usr/local/bioinfo/GeneMark-ES-4.38/gmes_petap
            tool + arguments
+
+# Samtools:
+
+Tools (written in C using htslib) for manipulating next-generation sequencing data
+URL: https://github.com/samtools/samtools
+
+
+
+
+### Installation:
+
+        wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/samtools/samtools/0.1.19/samtools-0.1.19.tar.bz2
+        tar xjf samtools-0.1.19.tar.bz2
+        cd samtools-0.1.19
+        make
+        cd ..
+        cp -r samtools-0.1.19 /usr/local/bioinfo
+        chmod -R 777 /usr/local/bioinfo/samtools-0.1.19
+
+         
+                 
+Add /usr/local/bioinfo/samtools-0.1.19 to the path :
+
+       echo  'export PATH=/usr/local/bioinfo/samtools-0.1.19:$PATH' >>/etc/profile
+       
+       source /etc/profile
+
+### Usage:
+          
+           samtools + arguments