# RDPTools RDPTools is a collection of command-line tools written by the RDP staff at Michigan State University and available at . Included are the well known RDP Classifier, Framebot for processing functional gene sequences and the gene targeted assembler Xander, as well as a variety of accesory utilities. This document provides instructions for installing a Docker version of RDPTools on your computer. The steps are: 1. Install the Docker engine. 2. Create the RDP container. 3. Run a script to download and install auxillary third-party programs. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://jfq3.gitbook.io/rdptools-docker/rdptools-docker/readme.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.