88bee298da706e1f201cd33de416a9159ee83a92 jnavarr5 Wed Feb 12 12:21:56 2025 -0800 Updating the documentation of which Linux distributions are supported for GBiC, refs #35034 diff --git src/product/README.txt src/product/README.txt index ce04a8fccf8..67cc87264b5 100644 --- src/product/README.txt +++ src/product/README.txt @@ -124,32 +124,34 @@ A license is required for commercial download and/or installation of the Genome Browser binaries and source code. No license is needed for academic, nonprofit, and personal use. To purchase a license, see our [license Instructions](https://genome.ucsc.edu/license/index.html) or visit the [Genome Browser store](https://genome-store.ucsc.edu/). # Installing a Genome Browser locally with the GBiC installer If you do not want to use our prepared virtual machine Genome-Browser-in-a-Box, we provide a Genome Browser in the Cloud (GBiC) [installation program](https://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/gbic.html) that sets up a fully functional mirror on all major Linux distributions. -It has been tested on Ubuntu 18 and 20, RedHat/CentOS 7 and 8, -and Fedora 20. Preferably, the installation should be performed on a fresh Linux +The GBiC program has been tested and confirmed to work with Ubuntu 18/20/22/24 LTS, +Rocky 9.5, and Fedora 30/35/41. + +Preferably, the installation should be performed on a fresh Linux installation, as it deactivates the default site config file in Apache and fills the MariaDB directory with numerous databases. The easiest way to accomplish this is to run the Genome Browser in the Cloud program in a new virtual machine. The program also works on Docker and cloud computing virtual machines, and has been tested on those sold by Amazon, Microsoft and Google. Like GBiB, the mirror installed by the GBiC can load the annotation data either from UCSC or a local database copy. If you load data from UCSC and use a cloud computing provider, it is highly advisable to run your instances in the US West Coast / San Francisco Bay Area or San Jose data centers; otherwise data-loading may be very slow. To run the installation program, please see the [GBiC user guide](https://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/gbic.html). # Docker installation instructions