GDAT-on-Linux

My description of the steps to get the Genealogical DNA Analysis Tool (GDAT) working on Linux

• Download the ZIP file for your distribution's architecture. ex. "64 bit"
• In a terminal navigate to your "Downloads" directory.
• Extract the file using your preferred archiving tool into your PATH. ex. unzip

unzip 'Linux 64 bit.zip' /home/$USER/.local/bin

• Navigate to the binary.

cd /home/$USER/.local/bin/Linux\ 64\ bit/Genealogical\ DNA\ Analysis\ Tool/

• Make the binary executable.

chmod +x Genealogical\ DNA\ Analysis\ Tool/

• Create a Softlink to easily run the executable from the terminal.

ln -s /home/$USER/.local/bin/Linux\ 64\ bit/Genealogical\ DNA\ Analysis\ Tool/Genealogical\ DNA\ Analysis\ Tool /home/$USER/.local/bin/gdat

• Run from the terminal and detached if the link is located within $PATH.

gdat &

• Simply changing the name of the binary will result in an error.
• Tested on Debian 11.3 Stable requiring no additional dependencies.