pairoscope generates simple static plots of read pairing information. It is useful for viewing putative SV calls from callers that utilize insert size metrics and read pair orientation.

• For APT-based systems (Debian, Ubuntu), install the following packages:

sudo apt-get install build-essential git-core cmake zlib1g-dev libncurses-dev doxygen libcairo-dev libfreetype6-dev

Clone the repository from github:

git clone https://github.com/genome/pairoscope.git

Beginning with version 0.4.1, you can also just download from the github releases page.

pairoscope does not support in-source builds. So create a subdirectory, enter it, build, and run tests:

mkdir pairoscope/build
cd pairoscope/build
cmake ../
make -j

The binary pairoscope can then be found under pairoscope/build/bin. If you have administrative rights, then run sudo make install to install the tool for all users under /usr/bin.