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 ===== Information =====
-  * Version: 1.2.2
+  * Version: 1.23
   * Added: November, 2018
+  * Updated: February, 2019
   * Link: https://github.com/broadinstitute/pilon/wiki
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 Pilon is distributed as a Java JAR file. You need to run it like this:
-<code>$ java -Xmx16G -jar /export/apps/pilon/1.2.2/pilon-1.22.jar</code>
+<code>$ java -Xmx8G -jar /export/apps/pilon/1.23/pilon-1.23.jar</code>
-The [[https://github.com/broadinstitute/pilon/wiki/Requirements-&-Usage|documentation recommends]] using a minimum of 8GB of memory, or 16GB if possible.
+The [[https://github.com/broadinstitute/pilon/wiki/Requirements-&-Usage|documentation recommends]] using a minimum of 8GB of memory, or 16GB if possible. As a rule of thumb, try to allocate 1GB of memory per megabase of input genome to be processed.
 ===== Installation ======
 Notes from the sysadmin during installation:
-<code>$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/pilon/1.2.2
+<code>$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/pilon/1.23
-$ sudo wget https://github.com/broadinstitute/pilon/releases/download/v1.22/pilon-1.22.jar -O /export/apps/pilon/1.2.2/pilon-1.22.jar</code>
+$ sudo wget https://github.com/broadinstitute/pilon/releases/download/v1.23/pilon-1.23.jar -O /export/apps/pilon/1.23/pilon-1.23.jar</code>

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