This outputs version information of ARIBA and its dependencies, then quits. It will report any problems with the dependencies.

There are no options, just run it like this:

ariba version

If all is well, the output should be similar to this:

ARIBA version: 2.6.1

External dependencies:
bowtie2 2.2.9 /home/ubuntu/bin//bowtie2
cdhit   4.6   /home/ubuntu/.local/apps/usr/bin/cd-hit-est
nucmer  3.1   /home/ubuntu/.local/apps/usr/bin/nucmer

External dependencies OK: True

Python version:
3.3.2 (default, Jun 14 2013, 09:36:13)
[GCC 4.6.3]

Python packages:
ariba     2.6.1   /home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.3/site-packages/ariba-2.6.1-py3.3-linux-x86_64.egg/ariba/__init__.py
dendropy  4.1.0   /home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.3/site-packages/DendroPy-4.1.0-py3.3.egg/dendropy/__init__.py
pyfastaq  3.14.0  /home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pyfastaq-3.14.0-py3.3.egg/pyfastaq/__init__.py
pymummer  0.10.1  /home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pymummer-0.10.1-py3.3.egg/pymummer/__init__.py
pysam     0.9.1.4 /home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pysam/__init__.py

Python packages OK: True

Everything looks OK: True