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Installation

Environment​

Create the following conda environment to allow building the software.

conda create -n cfdnalab \
  rust=1.94.0 zstandard perl fontconfig \
  'conda-forge::clang=21.*' 'conda-forge::clangdev=21.*' \
  'conda-forge::libclang=21.*' 'conda-forge::llvmdev=21.*'
conda activate cfdnalab
export LIBCLANG_PATH="$CONDA_PREFIX/lib"

Latest release​

cargo install cfdnalab --locked
cfdna --help

Build from GitHub​

cargo install --git https://github.com/BesenbacherLab/cfDNAlab --locked

Verify installation:

cfdna --help

Build from source​

# Once downloaded, enter the directory
cd cfDNAlab
# Then build it as so:
cargo build --release --locked

The binary is available at target/release/cfdna.

Verify installation:

./target/release/cfdna --help