Getting and Installing Release 9

If you have Java Web Start available try clicking below:


LAUNCH ARTEMIS

Alternatively:

FTP:	Artemis V9 for UNIX
WWW:	Artemis V9 for UNIX

FTP:	Artemis V9 for MacOSX
WWW:	Artemis V9 for MacOSX

FTP:	Artemis V9 for Windows
WWW:	Artemis V9 for Windows

Note for Windows: you may need to shift-click on this link to downlaod the file. Also please ensure that after downloading this file is called "artemis_v9.jar" with no other hidden extensions. Some windows systems change the name so it looks like a zip file, if this happens then do not unzip it just rename it to "artemis_v9.jar".

Once downloaded on a Windows machine, the compiled versions are ready to run (assuming you have the appropriate version of Java installed). UNIX and MacOSX users will need to unpack the archive first (see the manual for details).

Note for MacOSX: occasionally a browser decides to display the contents of the .dmg.gz archive file rather than downloading it. If this happens hold down the <control> key and click on the download link. A popup menu should appear, containing several choices. One of the choices should be something like "Save Link As" (or perhaps "Download Link...", "Save Link to Desktop", or a variation on this theme). Select that option, and the archive file should be download correctly.

Full installation instructions are in the v9 user manual. The manual is also available as one big file. Further information on installation or other matters relating to the program can be obtained by emailing the Artemis maintainers (artemis@sanger.ac.uk).

Changes in Release 9 (March 2006)

• Feature selector can be used to look for features with introns that do no contain the GT/GC start or AG end.
• Contig tool now checks for contigs that contain features that span the boundaries of the contigs. These features have to be removed or restricted to the contig boundary before it can carry out contig reordering.
• Fix for converting files from other file formats to genbank format.
• Fix rounding problem for long sequences when writing out all bases in FASTA or raw format.
• Cache the start codons (as per stop codon caching), to speed their display.
• Combine the extend to next exon and the fix stop codons into one option.
• The feature types that appear on the frame lines can be defined by the user via an option ("Frame Line Features...") in the feature display popup menu.
• Added to File -> Preferences a user defined selection for display names and systematic names. Also extended popup menu option in feature lists to allow the user to be able to select multiple qualifiers to display.
• For entries opened from the remote side of an SSH connection will search for results on the remote file system if they are not found locally. They are transferred via SSH and then stored locally.
• For Mac users, the option to send search results to the browser will display the results in the default browser.
• When automatically generating gene names (under the Edit menu), the user can specify the number of zeros to pad the numbering with. e.g if 5 digits are selected the format will look like : 00001, 00002 etc.