Setup and installation
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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.

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Register for a GISAID account
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Some tutorials rely on data downloaded from `GISAID <https://gisaid.org/>`_.
If you do not already have one, `register for a GISAID account <https://gisaid.org/registration/>`_ now.
Registration may take a few days.

Install Nextstrain components
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:doc:`Follow instructions to install Nextstrain components <docs.nextstrain.org:install>`.

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

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