SRA tool kit 2.9.4

Question

[mohsinazeem30]

Hy , I am looking to install NCBI SRA tool kit 2.9.4 current version in my linux ubuntu distribution. I have downloaded from from NCBI SRA link and unzip it by using tar -xvf command. I am looking for help to know how I can feed it to my machine so that I can use prefetch and fastq dump options. bc sudo apt-get install command is not working in this case. any help please. thanks

[GenoMax]

Use one of the following options instead of SRAtool kit:

• SRA-explorer ( How to use --> C: sra-explorer : find SRA and FastQ download URLs in a couple of clicks )
  

• Fast download of FASTQ files from the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)

[HaroonPakistan]

Hi, is there any video about it?

[GenoMax]

Answer 1

[h.mon]

You have to add the downloaded binaries to the PATH environment variable. Assuming you downloaded the ubuntu version (sratoolkit.2.9.4-1-ubuntu64.tar.gz), after you untarred it:

cd ./sratoolkit.2.9.4-1-ubuntu64/bin/
export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd)

Also, please be precise and provide more details when asking questions:

bc sudo apt-get install command is not working in this case.

What are the error messages? What doesn't work, installing SRAtoolkit, or using it after installing? Which SRAtoolkit did you download?