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--- canu-software [2017/09/25 14:09]
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 ====== Canu ======
+Canu is a fork of the Celera Assembler designed for high-noise single-molecule sequencing (such as the PacBio RSII or Oxford Nanopore MinION).
 ===== Information =====
-  * Version: 1.6
+  * Version: 1.8
   * Added: September, 2017
+  * Updated: October, 2018
   * Link: http://canu.readthedocs.io/
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 <code>$ module avail canu</code>
-Load canu into your environment and run it:
+Load one version into your environment and run it:
-<code>$ module load canu/1.6
+<code>$ module load canu/1.8
 $ canu</code>
+Note: By default canu will try to use all the CPUs available on the machine so you should limit it with the ''maxThreads'' option. See the [[https://canu.readthedocs.io/en/latest/parameter-reference.html#grid-options|documentation]].
 ===== Installation ======
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 <code>$ cd /tmp
-$ wget https://github.com/marbl/canu/releases/download/v1.6/canu-1.6.Linux-amd64.tar.xz
+$ wget https://github.com/marbl/canu/releases/download/v1.8/canu-1.8.Linux-amd64.tar.xz
-$ tar xf canu-1.6.Linux-amd64.tar.xz
+$ tar xf canu-1.8.Linux-amd64.tar.xz
-$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/canu/1.6
+$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/canu/1.8
-$ sudo cp -r canu-1.6/Linux-amd64/bin /export/apps/canu/1.6</code>
+$ sudo cp -r canu-1.8/* /export/apps/canu/1.8</code>

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