# Mothur Linux latest version

**URL:** <https://forum.mothur.org/t/mothur-linux-latest-version/1660>\
**Category:** Integrating mothur with other programs\
**Created:** [January 24, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/mothur-linux-latest-version/1660 "2014-01-24T11:13:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nabss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/839c29/32.png) [@nabss](https://forum.mothur.org/u/nabss)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/mothur-linux-latest-version/1660/1 "2014-01-24T11:13:20Z")

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I am new in the forum, sorry if this is not the better place for the question… I had just downloaded the latest version for linux\_64bit (without readline), however when I run it in the console it says that it is v.1.22.2 with last update in 2011. How could I get the 1.32.1? Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![westcott](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.mothur.org/westcott/32/18_2.png) [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/mothur-linux-latest-version/1660/2 "2014-01-24T20:50:17Z")

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Welcome to the mothur community! When I download the without readline version and run it I am seeing version 1.32.1. How did you start mothur? Could you have an older version of mothur on your machine that is in your path? Have you tried opening a terminal window, cding into the directory mothur is in and then starting mothur with ./mothur?

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**Author:** ![nabss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/839c29/32.png) [@nabss](https://forum.mothur.org/u/nabss)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/mothur-linux-latest-version/1660/3 "2014-01-28T15:19:51Z")

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Thanks westcott for the fast replay. I had tried both linux executables (64\_bit). When I unziped, mothur was installed directly, without “make”. When I saw that the version was not the last, I tried “make” but it did not work and I could not find the make-file neither. I cd into the mothur folder and I could run it, but the version is 1.22.1 from 2011. I am working in Ubuntu 12.04 with build-essential and readline libraries installed. It is the first time that I install mothur in linux. What might I be missing?