# Prerequisite for Varathon

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# Hardware, operating system and network requirements

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Varathon is designed for a desktop or computing server running an x86-64-bit Linux operating system. Multithreaded processors are preferred to speed up the process since many steps can be configured to use multiple threads in parallel.

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# Software requirements

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● bash (https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/)

● bzip2 and libbz2-dev (http://www.bzip.org/)

● gcc and g++ (https://gcc.gnu.org/)

● git (https://git-scm.com/)

● GNU make (https://www.gnu.org/software/make/)

● gzip (https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/)

● libopenssl-devel

● libcurl-devel

● java runtime environment (JRE) v1.8.0 (https://www.java.com)

● perl v5.12 or newer (https://www.perl.org/)

● python v2.7.9 or newer (https://www.python.org/)

● python v3.4 or newer (https://www.python.org/)

● tar (https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/)

● unzip (http://infozip.sourceforge.net/UnZip.html)

● wget (https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/)

● zlib and zlib-devel (https://zlib.net/)

● xz and xz-devel (https://tukaani.org/xz/)