LDAK is our software for analyzing data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS). It includes state-of-the-art tools for association analysis, constructing prediction models and heritability analysis.
1 - The easiest way to obtain LDAK is by downloading the executable from the repository at the top of this page.
If you plan to run LDAK on a Linux computer, please download the file ldak6.linux; you can either click on the link, then find the download button, or you can use the following command
wget https://github.com/dougspeed/LDAK/raw/refs/heads/main/ldak6.linuxIf you plan to run LDAK on a MAC, please download the file ldak6.mac; you can either click on the link, then find the download button, or you can use the following command
wget https://github.com/dougspeed/LDAK/raw/refs/heads/main/ldak6.macNote that there is also a beta Linux version of LDAK, but please only use this version if asked.
2 - Alternatively, you can install LDAK via conda, using the following command
#command to come here3 - The final option is to compile LDAK yourself. You should first download the source code from the repository at the top of this page (either use git clone, or press the green button that says "Code", then select "Download zip"). You can then compile LDAK using a command such as
gcc -O3 -o ldak6 ldak.c libqsopt.linux.a -lblas -llapack -lm -lz -fopenmp
chmod a+x ldak6For advice on running LDAK-KVIK, please visit www.ldak-kvik.com
For documentation on all other features of LDAK, please see www.dougspeed.com
If you have problems running LDAK, we prefer if you open an issue at https://github.com/dougspeed/LDAK/issues. However, you can instead email doug \<at> qgg \<dot> au \<dot> .dk.
These pages and the LDAK software are maintained and developed by Doug Speed and Jasper Hof.