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Blastn Permission Denied

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12.3 years ago

diltsjeri ▴ 470

Hi,

I downloaded NCBI's BLAST. Every time I try to run blastn it get permission denied. I moved it into the path I had put the path right before it. I changed the permissions with chmod -x blastn (which turned the executable from green to white). Is there an extra step in the install? What am I missing?

Thanks!

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ADD COMMENT • link updated 12.3 years ago by audrius.meskauskas ▴ 100 • written 12.3 years ago by diltsjeri ▴ 470

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chmod -x removes execute right, +x adds it! Solved.

ADD REPLY • link 12.3 years ago by Michael 55k

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thank you very much

ADD REPLY • link 12.3 years ago by diltsjeri ▴ 470

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Contact your system admin.

ADD REPLY • link 12.3 years ago by Zev.Kronenberg 12k

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man chmod Also helps and keeps your admin happy

ADD REPLY • link 12.3 years ago by Michael 55k

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What? Read the manual? Thats just crazy :-).

ADD REPLY • link 12.3 years ago by Zev.Kronenberg 12k

score 2 · Answer 1 · 2012-08-08

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12.3 years ago

Manu Prestat 4.1k

chmod a+x blast* , maybe ? (executable rights for all)

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score 0 · Answer 2 · 2012-08-27

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12.2 years ago

audrius.meskauskas ▴ 100

chmod -x blastn disables the execution of the file (clears the flag). chmod +x blastn is the required command.

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