Installing FigTree
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Though the Nexus file format output by Iroki is viewable by a variety of tree viewers, the color annotations that Iroki adds are only readable by FigTree. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install FigTree.
The Mac dmg version requires Java 1.6 or higher which is available on OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) or above.
The Java executable version, which can be used on Mac and Linux (and maybe Windows?), requires Java 1.5 or higher.
Note: The dmg version requires Java 1.6 or higher which is available on OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) or above.
First, download the dmg from the FigTree website here.
Next, open up the dmg. You should see something like this:
To install the software, drag the FigTree v1.4.2 icon to the Applications folder on your Mac.
After it is done copying, FigTree will be installed on your Mac and you can eject the dmg.
Note: This will work on Mac OS X as well.
Download the Java executable jar from the FigTree website here. Assuming that the archive was downloaded to ~/Downloads, the following command will unzip and untar the archive.
tar xzf ~/Downloads/FigTree_v1.4.2.tgz
Change the file to be executable.
chmod 755 ~/Downloads/FigTree_v1.4.2/bin/figtree
Now, FigTree can be started using the following command.
~/Downloads/FigTree_v1.4.2/bin/figtree
If you want, you can move this executable to somewhere on your path, e.g., /usr/local/bin so that you can run FigTree without specifying the whole path every time. Note that this operation may require sudo privileges.
cp bin/figtree /usr/local/bin
Now we can use the command
figtree
to start the program.
A windows executable can be found here.