Conda

• Package, dependency and environment management for any language—Python, R, Ruby, Lua, Scala, Java, JavaScript, C/ C++, FORTRAN
• check here: https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/install/linux.html

Installation

• miniconda should be enough, the others are "bigger"

wget https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
bash Miniconda3*.sh

add conda channels

• add bioconda to the channel https://bioconda.github.io/

conda config --add channels defaults #usually already installed
conda config --add channels bioconda
conda config --add channels conda-forge