Installing GW on Linux x86_64 Systems

For best performance, install GW as a desktop application on (Intel debian systems only), or build from source. Use the installer below, or head over to the GitHub Releases page.

GW Intel x86_64 debian installer

GW is also available for Linux x86_64 systems as a command-line tool and can be installed using Conda.

Using Conda

Once Conda is installed, you can install GW by running the following command in your terminal:

conda install -c conda-forge -c bioconda gw

Building from source

Before building GW, you need to install the glfw3 and htslib libraries. For Ubuntu, fetch these using:

sudo apt install libgl1-mesa-dev libfontconfig-dev libhts-dev glfw

GW can be built and installed using:

git clone https://github.com/kcleal/gw.git && cd gw
make prep && make
cp gw /usr/local/bin

After installation, you can verify that GW has been installed correctly by running:

gw --version