I am a newcomer to the world of server-usage, database design, php, and SQL; I have used NCBI's BLAST enough to be more than comfortable with it, though. I'm building a database for a few species' worth of sequences, and I need to use ViroBLAST for the built-in search functionality (I have no say in the matter; this project isn't totally self directed). I'm trying to install the file according to the readme.txt but I'm stuck at the uncompress part:
Installation of the standalone ViroBLAST serverAfter downloading the file viroblast.tar.gz, place it into document directory of HTTPD server in your computer and uncompress it by
gzip -d viroblast.tar.gz tar -xvpf viroblast.tarIt is important to have the parameter "p" in tar options. It will preserve file access options stored in the distribution. Directory for the BLAST output (data) should have readable, writeable and executable permissions for everyone (777).
Everytime I enter that first command –
gzip -d viroblast.tar.gz –
into terminal, I get this back:
gzip: can't stat: viroblast.tar.gz (viroblast.tar.gz.gz): No such file or directory
There must be something that I'm doing wrong; I just don't know what. Is there anybody out there with the patience to help me install this software?
Not yet solved, but for the first time I got a different response! Trying tar -zxvf viroblast.tar.gz returned tar: Error opening archive: Failed to open 'viroblast.tar.gz' which isn't yet what I'm looking for, but it's at least different!
I have downloaded the source code, for sure. I'm almost certain that the source code is somewhere different from where these commands are being executed. The file is stored in /Library/WebServer/Documents/viroblast-2.5.3.tar.gz , which is not nested within /~User/ (Device-name:~ User$ in the terminal window). Is that what you mean by that?
Apologies for the link, but are these perhaps the files I'm looking for? If they are, I can't find the directory that they make following uncompression.
After some creative file rearrangement, I've finally got Viroblast Activated on the server! Thank you so, so much!! For those following at home, move you uncompressed "Viroblast" folder from wherever it is in your system to the localhost/~User/directory – that's how the viroblast directory ultimately gets made.
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