Picard Installation problem - older version

Question

[genomics Newbie]

A specific version of Picard (version 1.119) is mandated for a pipeline I am running. When I try to execute "java -jar ./picard-1.119.jar -h", I get a "no main manifest attribute, in ./picard-1.119.jar" error.

Any ideas on how to fix and further troubleshoot?

[russhh]

which java version are you using?

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

this is not a 'java version' problem IMHO.

Answer 1

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

as far as I remember the old versions of picard worked with standalone molules that came with the distribution. e.g:

java -jar /path/to/dir1/SortSam.jar