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Blastn Permission Denied

Hi,

I downloaded NCBI's BLAST. Every time I try to run blastn it get permission denied. I moved it into the path I had put the path right before it. I changed the permissions with chmod -x blastn (which turned the executable from green to white). Is there an extra step in the install? What am I missing?

Thanks!

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updated by audrius.meskauskas • audrius.meskauskas • written by diltsjeri diltsjeri

man chmod Also helps and keeps your admin happy

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written by Michael Dondrup Michael Dondrup

What? Read the manual? Thats just crazy :-).

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written by Zev.Kronenberg Zev.Kronenberg

chmod -x removes execute right, +x adds it! Solved.

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written by Michael Dondrup Michael Dondrup

thank you very much

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written by diltsjeri diltsjeri

2 answers

chmod a+x blast* , maybe ? (executable rights for all)

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written by Manu Prestat Manu Prestat

chmod -x blastn disables the execution of the file (clears the flag). chmod +x blastn is the required command.

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written by audrius.meskauskas • audrius.meskauskas

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