Installing CheckM (WSL)

CheckM is a tool for assessing the quality of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs).

  1. Create a conda environment and install dependencies

conda create -n checkm python=3.9
conda activate checkm
conda install -c bioconda numpy matplotlib pysam
conda install -c bioconda hmmer prodigal pplacer
pip3 install checkm-genome

  1. Download reference data

export CHECKM_DATA_PATH=/path/to/my_checkm_data

Installing CheckM (Mac)

  1. Install dependencies using Homebrew

brew install hmmer
brew install prodigal
brew install pplacer
  1. Install Python packages

pip3 install numpy
pip3 install matplotlib
pip3 install pysam
pip3 install checkm-genome
  1. Download reference data

export CHECKM_DATA_PATH=/path/to/my_checkm_data