Error when running Ensembl VEP: "bigWigToWig does not seem to be in your path"

Question

[claudiadast]

I am trying to run VEP (version 77), but when I run the program, I get the error:

2018-10-12 18:54:08 - Read existing cache info
ERROR: bigWigToWig does not seem to be in your path - this is required to use bigwig format custom annotations

How can I get bigWigtoWig in my path?

Answer 1

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

download bigWigtoWig http://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/admin/exe/linux.x86_64/ , set your PATH : https://opensource.com/article/17/6/set-path-linux

[GenoMax]

Don't forget to chmod a+x bigWigtoWig after the download.