README

STAR 2.4
Spliced Transcripts Alignment to a Reference
© Alexander Dobin, 2009-2014

AUTHOR/SUPPORT:
Alex Dobin, dobin@cshl.edu
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/rna-star

MANUAL:
https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR/blob/master/doc/STARmanual.pdf

DIRECTORIES CONTENTS:
source: all source files required for compilation
bin: pre-compiled executables for Linux and Mac OS X
doc: documentation
extras: miscellaneous files and scripts

COMPILING FROM SOURCE:
Unzip and "cd" into source/ subdirectory.
Linux:    run "make STAR" .
Mac OS X: run "make STARforMacStatic" . 
          If g++ compiler (true g++, not Clang sym-link) is not on the path, run "make STARforMacStatic CXX=/path/to/gcc" .


HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:
x86-64 compatible processors
64 bit Linux or Mac OS X 
30GB of RAM for human genome 


LIMITATIONS:
This release was tested with the default parameters for human and mouse genomes.
Please contact the author for a list of recommended parameters for much larger or much smaller genomes.