Installing Samtools

Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
Run the following command to decompress the Samtools installation package:
```
tar -xvf samtools-0.1.9.tar.bz2
```
Run the following command to switch to the directory generated after decompression:
```
cd samtools-0.1.9
```

Run the following command to install the dependencies:

yum install xz-devel-5.2.2-1.el7.aarch64 bzip2-devel-1.0.6-13.el7.aarch64 ncurses-devel.aarch64 -y

Run the following command to perform the configuration:
```
./configure --prefix=/path/to/SAMTOOLS
```
Run the following commands to perform the compilation:
```
make
make install
```
Run the following command to set the Samtools environment variables:
```
export PATH=/path/to/SAMTOOLS/bin:$PATH
```
Run the following command to check whether the installation is successful:
```
samtools
```
If information similar to the following is displayed, the installation is successful:
```
Program: samtools (Tools for alignments in the SAM format)
Version: 0.1.9 (r183)

Usage:   samtools <command> [options]
```

Parent topic: Configuring the Compilation Environment