Installing SRAToolKit

Question

[hoffmavl1]

Hi there, I am a complete newbie and trying to learn some of the basics. I need to install the SRAToolKit (https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/factsheets/HowTo_LocalSRABlast_StepByStep.pdf) and cannot for the life of me figure this out. I am following their step by step using the Linux Ubuntu App. I downloaded the file using wget but when I go to use tar to uncompress it the file is a unicode text? I downloaded the "Ubuntu Linux 64 bit architecture - non-sudo tar archive." Anyone have any idea what I should do next to get this installed? I am on windows 10.

[MatthewP]

tar -zxf sratoolkit.tar.gz

Answer 1

[Mensur Dlakic]

You will likely have to download the file again. Try from a web browser by right-hand clicking and choosing Save link as... from the dropdown menu. Other than that, you seem to be doing everything right. Make sure to put unpacked files into a directory that is defined in $PATH variable, and that should be all the installation needed.

Answer 2

[newbio17]

You could also invest some time looking into conda and its best practices. Once you have set it up, it's as simple as:

conda install -c bioconda sra-tools