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+# ChIPuana
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+Repository containing the code to compile the ChIPuana R package. The official code ready to be installed is in the ChIPuana directory or in the `*.tar.gz` archive.
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+**Note:** the .sh file is used to compile but the path to R actually used is the one of Maelle's computer