From 15f5d30419e1184e6d2997b77ff01e0884b2323e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gaurav Vaidya Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 18:31:40 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Added some basic instructions on starting FigTree from this repo. --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0b6c937..4934ae0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,3 +2,8 @@ _FigTree_ FigTree is designed as a graphical viewer of phylogenetic trees and as a program for producing publication-ready figures. As with most of my programs, it was written for my own needs so may not be as polished and feature-complete as a commercial program. In particular it is designed to display summarized and annotated trees produced by BEAST. +## Instructions + +1. Install [Apache Ant](https://ant.apache.org/) (can be installed with Homebrew). +2. Run `ant`. +3. Start FigTree by running `java -Xmx10G -jar dist/figtree.jar`.