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--- plink-software [2019/12/09 08:43] – aorth
+++ plink-software [2019/12/09 09:10] (current) – aorth
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   * Version: 2.00-alpha (Nov 28, 2019)
   * Added: October, 2011
-  * Updated: December, 2015
+  * Updated: December, 2019
   * Link: https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink/2.0/
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 <code>$ module load plink/2.00-alpha
 $ plink2</code>
+**Note:** If you are running your job on a newer compute node like compute05 you can run ''plink2-avx2'' instead of ''plink2'' as that server has a newer CPU and can use a more optimized plink.
 ===== Installation ======
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 $ wget http://s3.amazonaws.com/plink2-assets/plink2_linux_x86_64_20191128.zip
 $ sudo mkdir /export/apps/plink/2.00-alpha
-$ sudo cp plink2 /export/apps/plink/2.00-alpha</code>
+$ sudo cp plink2 /export/apps/plink/2.00-alpha
+$ rm plink2
+$ wget http://s3.amazonaws.com/plink2-assets/plink2_linux_avx2_20191128.zip
+$ unzip plink2_linux_avx2_20191128.zip
+$ sudo cp plink2 /export/apps/plink/2.00-alpha/plink2-avx2</code>
-The AVX2 build only runs on *one* of our compute nodes because the rest are too old. We need to use the less-optimized 64-bit builds. :(
+The AVX2 build only runs on compute05. The rest of our compute nodes are too old and must use the 64-bit builds.