The system requirements for UGENE are these:
- Operating system (32 or 64 64-bit or 32-bit):
- Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
Using a zip package it is possible to use UGENE without administrative rights on Windows - Mac OS X 10.5 or later
For older Mac OS X versions (PowerPC, 10.4) UGENE version 1.10.3 is avaialble. - Linux
- Ubuntu 12.04 or later
- Fedora 19 or later If you have another Linux system, you may use a universal binary package7+
- Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
- macOS 10.7+
- Linux
512 Mb RAM is required.
At least 2 Gb RAM is recommended.
The minimum required disk space depends on the UGENE package:
- Standard package: 200-300 Mb
- Online installer (with default settings), Full package: 500-900 Mb
- NGS package (with ChIP-Seq data): 21-24 Gb
- UGENE with all components installed (data for metagenomics classification and ChIP-Seq): 250Gb
- It is recommended to set the screen resolution to a value greater than 1280x7201280 x 720 or greater.
- Internet connection is required for some tasks like loading data from online databases.
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UGENE takes care to use the capabilities of your system: the more RAM and cores you have, the more quickly you'll get results of your calculations. Also, if you have an OpenCL-capable video card, you can use GPU-optimized versions of the following tools: |