VGAS Instructions and Tutorials

Installing VGAS

VGAS currently runs under Microsoft Windows and requires the .NET framework 4.7.2 or newer to be installed. If an older version is detected then you will be given an option to upgrade during the VGAS installation.
To install VGAS simply double-click on the setup.exe icon.

Hardware Recommendations

Minimum Requirements:

  • Processor - At least 3.0 Ghz Intel Core i5, i7 or AMD FX

  • Memory - 8 GB

  • System hard disk - SATA or SSD

  • Graphics Card - entry-level

Recommended:

  • Processor - Newer generation 3.5 Ghz Intel Core i7 or higher

  • Memory - 16 GB (32 GB+ maybe required for larger datasets, E.g. CITE-Seq data)

  • System hard disk - M.2 or NVMe SSD

  • Graphics Card - mid-level

VGAS is an interactive visualization-based application which runs best on dual monitors at 1080p.

Installing R & the Required Packages

  1. Installing R - VGAS is now compatible with R version 4.0.4 (download)

  2. Installing Bioconductor and Bioconductor packages using BiocManager

  3. Installing Non-Bioconductor packages

  4. Installing PRESTO Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test and it's dependencies

  5. Checking Bioconductor package versions are correct