How to install samtools v.1.2 on Ubuntu 14.0 32 bit?

Question

[lakhujanivijay]

Hi,

Can anybody please tell me how to install samtools v.1.2 on Ubuntu 14.0 32 bit?

I am very new to Linux environment and NGS tools. I have tried the following but the version is not what I want.

sudo apt-get install samtools

Please help me with the appropriate link to download samtools and the commands to install it.

Many thanks

[Parham]

If you are new to the field and you find it a hassle to install everything you need for your work you can use http://environmentalomics.org/bio-linux/ which is a version of ubuntu with a lot of bioinformatics packages added to. However it's always better to learn how to install packages yourself.

[lakhujanivijay]

Hi Parham,

thanks for the answer, however, for now I need to stick with this version.

Can you help with my initial question?

Thanks

[Parham]

This should help you install the package: http://www.htslib.org/download/

You need to download the package first and follow the above guideline.

[lakhujanivijay]

Coming back to my question after ~3 years with this answer

1. Install conda

   Go to this link and download the appropriate miniconda installler. The file should look something like this Miniconda2-latest-Linux-xxx_xx.sh

2. Follow installation steps

   Follow the steps mentioned at this link to install conda

3. Activate conda

   conda activate

4. Install samtools using conda

   conda install -c bioconda samtools

Answer 1

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

wget "https://github.com/samtools/samtools/releases/download/1.2/samtools-1.2.tar.bz2" && tar xfj samtools-1.2.tar.bz2  && (cd samtools-1.2 && make)

then put samtools in your path: https://linuxconfig.org/permanently-add-a-directory-to-shell-path

export PATH=/full/path/to/samtools-1.2:${PATH}

[piet]

or even shorter

wget https://github.com/samtools/samtools/releases/download/1.2/samtools-1.2.tar.bz2 -O - | tar xj ; ( cd samtools-1.2 ; make )