ggcat

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Compacted and colored de Bruijn graph construction and querying

  • .gitignore
  • .gitmodules
  • Cargo.lock
  • Cargo.toml
  • LICENSE
  • README.md
  • rust-toolchain

# Installation Guide

1. Get the code
git clone https://github.com/algbio/ggcat

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd ggcat

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Official Install Script

Easy Recommended
Prerequisites
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Downloads and runs the official install script in one line β€” this handles the full setup automatically.

cargo install --path crates/cmdline/ --locked

Type this command into your terminal and run it.

βœ… After installing, open a new terminal and run the program's version command (e.g. --version) to confirm it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

3. Rust

Medium
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Rust (rustup) Installing via rustup also installs cargo.
cargo install --path crates/cmdline/ --locked

Type this command into your terminal and run it.

βœ… If cargo build finishes without errors, it worked. The executable is created under target/.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

4. Make

Medium
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Make Usually pre-installed on Linux/macOS. On Windows, install separately (e.g. via MSYS2 or WSL).
⚠️ This is a large repository, so this method may point to an internal sub-package rather than the actual core product. Check the full README as well.
cd crates/capi/ggcat-cpp-api

This project's files live in a subfolder, so move into it first.

make

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

βœ… If it finishes without errors, it worked. Try running the generated executable directly.
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