dRep is a python program for rapidly comparing large numbers of genomes. dRep can also "de-replicate" a genome set by identifying groups of highly similar genomes and choosing the best representative genome for each genome set.

• Version: 2.5.4
• Added: March, 2020
• Link: https://github.com/MrOlm/drep

See which versions of drep are available:

$ module avail drep

Load one version into your environment and run it:

$ module load drep/2.5.4
$ drep

Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

$ cd /tmp
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/drep/2.5.4
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/drep/2.5.4
$ python3.6 -m venv /export/apps/drep/2.5.4
$ source /export/apps/drep/2.5.4/bin/activate
$ pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
$ pip install drep==2.5.4
$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/drep/2.5.4