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= Introduction = | = Introduction = | ||
| − | It's probably the fastest way of downloading SRA files from the Short Read Archive | + | It's probably the fastest way of downloading SRA files from the Short Read Archive. |
| − | It's a | + | It's considerbly faster than using '''fastq-dump''' in its download mode (note that fastq-dump will still be required to convert the SRA files into fastq.gz files. |
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| + | It's a semi-commercial tool, owned by IBM, but via the NCBI website it's possible to get a free version. | ||
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| + | <ins>Note</ins>: | ||
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| + | Maybe due to its commercial nature, it can seemingly be only installed as a normal user. I.e. a system-wide installation is not possible. | ||
= Where to get it = | = Where to get it = | ||
* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK242625/ here] (via NCBI's page). | * [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK242625/ here] (via NCBI's page). | ||
Revision as of 16:21, 21 June 2017
Introduction
It's probably the fastest way of downloading SRA files from the Short Read Archive.
It's considerbly faster than using fastq-dump in its download mode (note that fastq-dump will still be required to convert the SRA files into fastq.gz files.
It's a semi-commercial tool, owned by IBM, but via the NCBI website it's possible to get a free version.
Note:
Maybe due to its commercial nature, it can seemingly be only installed as a normal user. I.e. a system-wide installation is not possible.
Where to get it
- here (via NCBI's page).
