Configuring External Tool

To configure an external tool:

  1. Ensure the tool is installed on your system.
  2. Set the path to the tool’s executable file in UGENE. It can be set on the External Tools tab of the Application Settings dialog.

If the path hasn’t been set for a tool, UGENE menu items that launch the tool are displayed in italics. For example, in the image below, a path for the ClustalW external tool has been set, and paths for MAFFT and T-Coffee have not been set: