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= Introduction =
 
= Introduction =
  
It's probably the fastest way of downloading SRA files from the Short Read Archive. It's considerbaly 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 probably the fastest way of downloading SRA files from the Short Read Archive.
  
It's a semicommercial tool, owned by IBM, but via the NCBI website it's possible to get a free version.
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It's considerably 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 =
 
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* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK242625/ here] (via NCBI's page).

Latest 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 considerably 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).