====== HMMER ======
HMMER is used for searching sequence databases for sequence homologs, and for making sequence alignments. It implements methods using probabilistic models called profile hidden Markov models (profile HMMs). 

===== Information =====

  * Version: 3.3
  * Added: September, 2017
  * Updated: March, 2020
  * Link: http://hmmer.org

===== Usage =====

See which versions of hmmer are available:
<code>$ module avail hmmer</code>

Load a version of hmmer into your environment:
<code>$ module load hmmer/3.3</code>

===== Installation ======
Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

<code>$ cd /tmp
$ wget http://eddylab.org/software/hmmer/hmmer.tar.gz
$ tar xf hmmer.tar.gz 
$ cd hmmer-3.3/
$ scl enable devtoolset-7 bash
$ ./configure --prefix /export/apps/hmmer/3.3
$ make
$ make check
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/hmmer/3.3
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/hmmer/3.3
$ make install
$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/hmmer/3.3</code>