The current version of PREST is 3.02. It contains three programs. They are C programs "prest.c" and "altertest.c", and an R program "prest.r". It is available as a gzipped tar archive that contains all of the sources and documentation as well as precompiled binaries for the Solaris and Linux platforms. It also contains sample input and output files.

1. Download the archive prest_3_02.tar.gz.
2. Gunzip the archive: gunzip prest_3_02.tar.gz
3. Untar the archive contents: tar xvf prest_3_02.tar
4. Switch to the newly created directory containing the source: cd prest_3_02
5. To get started, follow the instructions in the README file

If you do not have the tar and gunzip utilities available, you can download each of the files in the prest_3 distribution individually. Begin by downloading the following files (With Netscape you can do this by clicking on the file names while holding the shift key down. With Internet Explorer you can click on the names with the right mouse button and use the "Save Target As..." option. If the file appears in your browser window, you can also use the "save" option from the "file" menu to save the file).

• Changelog
• README
• Overview
• Input
• Output
• Tips
• About Weeks's R program
  • prest.r
• Makefile
• Codes
  • prest.c
  • altertest.c
• Example
  • for prest
    • sample input files
      • ex_pedigrees
      • ex_chromfiles
        • ex_chr01.idx
        • ex_chr01.ped
    • sample output files, if using option 1
      • ex_out1
      • ex_out2
      • ex_out3
    • sample output files, if using option 2
      • ex_out1
      • ex_out2
      • ex_out3
  • for altertest
    • sample input files
      • ex_altertest_input
      • ex_chromfiles
        • ex_chr01.idx
        • ex_chr01.ped
    • sample output file
      • ex_altertest_out
• GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE

We have precompiled binaries of PREST and ALTERTEST for Solaris 2.7 and Linux (Redhat 6.1) machines if you do not want to compile the code yourself.

• for prest
  • prest.solaris
  • prest.linux
• for altertest
  • altertest.solaris
  • altertest.linux

After downloading the above files into a directory, read the file README for instructions on how to compile and run the code.