By impadmin, January 26, 2021 Posted in: Brew Install mac

Easy steps to install fastqc package on Mac

Package Information:

Application Name – fastqc
What is fastqc – Not Available for fastqc
Use of fastqc – Quality control tool for high throughput sequence data
URL – https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/

Installation Steps:

  1. Open Terminal using Spotlight search by pressing <command+space>. Type terminal and hit Enter key.

    2. spotlight search terminal

  2. Now, run following command to install homebrew (brew)

    3. ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" < /dev/null 2> /dev/null

    Homebrew Install Command Screenshot

  3. Install fastqc using brew 
    brew install fastqc

fastqc is ready to use now!