iVar is a computational package that contains functions broadly useful for viral amplicon-based sequencing.

• Version: 1.3.1
• Added: January, 2021
• Updated: September, 2021
• Link: https://github.com/andersen-lab/ivar

See versions of ivar that are available:

$ module avail ivar

Load one version into your environment and run it:

$ module load ivar/1.3.1
$ ivar

Notes from the sysadmin during installation.

$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://github.com/andersen-lab/ivar/archive/refs/tags/v1.3.1.tar.gz
$ tar xf v1.3.1.tar.gz 
$ cd ivar-1.3.1
# iVar needs GCC >= 5.0.0, CentOS 7 has 4.8.5
$ sudo yum install devtoolset-7-gcc devtoolset-7-gcc-c++
$ scl enable devtoolset-7 bash
$ ./autogen.sh
$ module load htslib/1.11
$ ./configure --with-hts=/export/apps/htslib/1.11 --prefix=/export/apps/ivar/1.3.1
$ make
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/ivar/1.3.1
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/ivar/1.3.1
$ make install
$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/ivar/1.3.1