====== minimap2 ======
A versatile pairwise aligner for genomic and spliced nucleotide sequences.

===== Information =====

  * Latest version: 2.28
  * Added: November, 2018
  * Updated: March, 2025
  * Link: https://lh3.github.io/minimap2/

===== Usage =====

See versions that are available:
<code>$ module avail minimap2</code>

Load one version into your environment and run it:
<code>$ module load minimap2/2.28
$ minimap2</code>

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

<code>$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://github.com/lh3/minimap2/releases/download/v2.28/minimap2-2.28.tar.bz2
$ tar xf minimap2-2.28.tar.bz2 
$ cd minimap2-2.28
$ make
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/minimap2/2.28/{bin,include,lib}
$ sudo cp minimap2 /export/apps/minimap2/2.28/bin
$ sudo cp *.h /export/apps/minimap2/2.28/include
$ sudo cp libminimap2.a /export/apps/minimap2/2.28/lib
$ sudo cp LICENSE.txt README.md FAQ.md code_of_conduct.md NEWS.md /export/apps/minimap2/2.28</code>

//Note:// I compiled this instead of using the pre-compiled binaries because I wanted to include the headers and static library for use by other programs.