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Introduction

You can get the latest version of IGB by visiting Bioviz.org and clicking on the available download links. For information relating to operating system requirements and memory allocation, please read below. Once you have downloaded IGB, it can be installed through native platform installers for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

IGB System Requirements

IGB is available for the Mac, Windows, and Linux operating systems with the following requirements:

  • Mac requires OS X Version 10.7.3 or later.
  • Windows requires Vista or Later (32-bit and 64-bit).
  • Linux requires Java 1.8 installed 

Memory

IGB now defaults to using 25% of system memory. This means that a machine with 4 GB of RAM will have approximately 1 GB of memory available for IGB to use; a machine with 16 GB of RAM will have approximately 4 GB.

The only exception to this is when running IGB on a 32-bit Windows computer, in which case the the available memory defaults to 1GB.

For users with large memory machines, there is a way to increase the amount of memory provided to IGB.

There is a "vmoptions" file in your IGB installation directory which contains a commented out jvm argument for setting the max heap size. 
If you want to manually control the heap size you simply need to uncomment this line and adjust it to your needs.

  • On Mac
    • /Applications/Integrated Genome Browser/IntegratedGenomeBrowser.app/Contents/vmoptions.txt
  • On Linux/Windows
    • ${IGB_INSTALLATION_DIR}/IntegratedGenomeBrowser.vmoptions

 

Download IGB from Bioviz.org

You can find the latest version of IGB by visiting the downloads page at Bioviz.org.

 

Installation

For Mac and Windows, you can double-click on your IGB file to begin the installation process. For Linux, use the command: sh IGB_unix_current.sh to start the installer.

  • Mac: IGB_macos_current.dmg
  • Windows: IGB_windows-x64_current.exe
  • Linux: IGB_unix_current.sh

Once the installer has started you will be presented with the option of choosing the destination directory.

 

Leave the destination as the default, or select a new destination by clicking on Browse ... 

Click on Next > to continue the installation process.

If you wish to have a desktop icon created, leave the Create a desktop icon box checked.

Clicking on Next > will install IGB.

 

Once the installation is complete leave the Run Integrated Genome Browser box checked if you wish to start using IGB immediately.

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