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====== 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.

===== Information =====

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

===== Usage =====

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

Load one version into your environment and run it:
<code>$ module load megahit/1.2.9
$ megahit -h</code>

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

<code>$ 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</code>