====== salmon ======
Salmon is a tool for fast transcript quantification from RNA-seq data. It requires a set of target transcripts (either from a reference or de-novo assembly) to quantify.

===== Information =====

  * Latest Version: 1.3.0
  * Added: September, 2016
  * Updated: October, 2020
  * Link: https://salmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/salmon.html

===== Usage =====

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

Load one version of salmon into your environment and run it:
<code>$ module load salmon/1.3.0
$ salmon</code>

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

<code>$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://github.com/COMBINE-lab/salmon/releases/download/v1.3.0/salmon-1.3.0_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
$ tar xf salmon-1.3.0_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
$ sudo cp -r salmon-latest_linux_x86_64  /export/apps/salmon/1.3.0
</code>