MEGAHIT

single node assembler for large and complex metagenomics NGS reads, such as soil. It makes use of succinct de Bruijn graph (SdBG) to achieve low memory assembly.

• Version: 1.2.9
• Added: July, 2017
• Updated: February, 2022
• Link: https://github.com/voutcn/megahit

See versions of megahit which are available:

$ module avail megahit

Load one version into your environment and run it:

$ module load megahit/1.2.9
$ megahit -h

Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://github.com/voutcn/megahit/releases/download/v1.2.9/MEGAHIT-1.2.9-Linux-x86_64-static.tar.gz
$ tar xf MEGAHIT-1.2.9-Linux-x86_64-static.tar.gz
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/megahit/1.2.9/bin
$ sudo cp -r MEGAHIT-1.2.9-Linux-x86_64-static/bin/megahit* /export/apps/megahit/1.2.9/bin