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The latest information about Galaxy is available via https://galaxyproject.org/ <https://galaxyproject.org/>__

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Galaxy Quickstart

Galaxy requires Python 2.7 To check your python version, run:

.. code:: console

$ python -V
Python 2.7.3

Start Galaxy:

.. code:: console

$ sh run.sh

Once Galaxy completes startup, you should be able to view Galaxy in your browser at:

http://localhost:8080

You may wish to make changes from the default configuration. This can be done in the config/galaxy.ini file. Tools can be either installed from the Tool Shed or added manually. For details please see the Galaxy wiki:

https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Admin/Tools/AddToolFromToolShedTutorial

Not all dependencies are included for the tools provided in the sample tool_conf.xml. A full list of external dependencies is available at:

https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Admin/Tools/ToolDependencies

Issues and Galaxy Development

Please see CONTRIBUTING.md <CONTRIBUTING.md>_ .

Roadmap

Interested in the next steps for Galaxy? Take a look here: https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/issues/1928