Downloaded MEME on 7/4/2025
Check here for prerequisites: https://meme-suite.org/meme/doc/install.html#prerequisite
which perl
perl --version
which python
python3 --version
dpkg -l | grep zlib
which gs
gs --version
Didn't have zlib, so did
sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev
wget https://meme-suite.org/meme/meme-software/5.5.8/meme-5.5.8.tar.gz
Then, following the instructions on this website: https://meme-suite.org/meme/doc/install.html
tar zxf meme-5.5.8.tar.gz
cd meme-5.5.8
./configure --prefix=$HOME/meme --enable-build-libxml2 --enable-build-libxslt
make
make test
make install
The configure command recommended these follow-up steps:
Run the following commands to compile, test and install meme:
make
make test
make install
Then make sure that the following two directories are added to
your PATH variable:
/home/a03-svincoff/meme/bin
/home/a03-svincoff/meme/libexec/meme-5.5.8
This can often be done by editing the file named .profile to add
the following line:
export PATH=/home/a03-svincoff/meme/bin:/home/a03-svincoff/meme/libexec/meme-5.5.8:$PATH