MAFFT is a multiple sequence alignment program for unix-like operating systems. It offers a range of multiple alignment methods, L-INS-i (accurate; for alignment of <∼200 sequences), FFT-NS-2 (fast; for alignment of <∼30,000 sequences), etc.
Show all available versions:
$ module avail mafft
Load one version into your environment and run it:
$ module load mafft/7.505 $ mafft
Notes from the sysadmin during installation:
$ cd /tmp $ wget https://mafft.cbrc.jp/alignment/software/mafft-7.505-with-extensions-src.tgz $ tar xf mafft-7.505-with-extensions-src.tgz $ cd mafft-7.505-with-extensions/core $ sed -i 's/PREFIX = \/usr\/local/PREFIX = \/export\/apps\/mafft\/7.505/' Makefile $ make $ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/mafft/7.505 $ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/mafft/7.505 $ make install $ cd ../extensions $ vim Makefile $ sed -i 's/PREFIX = \/usr\/local/PREFIX = \/export\/apps\/mafft\/7.505/' Makefile $ make $ make install $ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/mafft/7.505