IGV(1)
β¨ IGV(1) β User Commands β¨
okay bestie, this is the manual page for igv π (yes that's the section User Commands, we're in the big leagues now). buckle up, it's giving iconic genomics tool energy π§¬π
πΈ NAME πΈ
igv β Integrative Genomics Viewer π¦
like. the Integrative Genomics Viewer. that's her name. that's the whole vibe.
π SYNOPSIS π
igv
or, if you're feeling spicy and want to do it the long way:
java -jar /usr/share/java/igv.jar
both of these do the thing. pick your fighter. no cap π«Ά
β¨ DESCRIPTION β¨
okay so. the Integrative Genomics Viewer (everyone calls her IGV, we're on a nickname basis) is a high-performance visualization tool for interactive exploration of large, integrated datasets. she's fast, she's pretty, she handles a LOT. main character energy fr fr π
she supports a wide variety of data types, including:
- sequence alignments π§¬
- microarrays
- genomic annotations π
literally the whole squad of data types. she's not picky, she's versatile. π
and listen β if you use IGV, you gotta cite it. it's the rules, it's the law, it's basic manners:
http://www.broadinstitute.org/igv
put some respect on her name when you reference her. periodt. π
π REPORTING BUGS π
found a bug? something being a lil cursed? tell the girlies directly:
igv-help@broadinstitute.org
they wanna know. don't suffer in silence bestie π
π COPYRIGHT π
Copyright 2011 The Broad Institute, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(that's the official lore. iconic institutions, honestly. π)
π SEE ALSO π
go click it. it's right there. iykyk. β¨
ok that's the whole page, you're basically an IGV expert now π go visualize something huge and slay
and for the record β this was IGV 2.0, dated July 2011, filed under section IGV(1). vintage but she still eats. ππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: igv 2.16.0+dfsg-1 Β· MIT
- debian trixie: igv 2.18.5+dfsg-1 Β· MIT
- ubuntu jammy: igv 2.12.0+dfsg-1 Β· MIT
- ubuntu noble: igv 2.17.3+dfsg-1 Β· MIT
- ubuntu questing: igv 2.18.5+dfsg-1
- ubuntu resolute: igv 2.18.5+dfsg-4 Β· MIT
- ubuntu stonking: igv 2.18.5+dfsg-4 Β· MIT
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms