Setup and installation

The following steps will prepare you to run complete analyses of SARS-CoV-2 data by installing required software and running a simple example workflow.

Register for a GISAID account

Some tutorials rely on data downloaded from GISAID. If you do not already have one, register for a GISAID account now. Registration may take a few days.

Install Nextstrain components

Follow instructions to install Nextstrain components.

Download the ncov workflow

Use Git to download a copy of the ncov repository containing the workflow and this tutorial.

git clone https://github.com/nextstrain/ncov.git