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 # **PanACoTA**
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 For people wanting to download source code of a specific version, we provide releases. You can download last one here: [![GitHub release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/gem-pasteur/PanACoTA.svg)](https://github.com/gem-pasteur/PanACoTA/releases)
 
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 ## <a name="uninstall"></a> Uninstalling `PanACoTA`
 
 If you don't want `PanACoTA` anymore uninstall it by typing: