It should be recognizable by tar, if its a tarball. Did you check the manual,
2.1 Installation
Presumably, you have downloaded a fastphase.VERSION.linux.tar.gz file.
(Alternatively, you downloaded an executable file for Solaris, Darwin
1
, or for
Microsoft Windows
2
.) Then do the following:
gunzip fastphase.VERSION.linux.tar.gz
tar -xvf fastphase.VERSION.linux.tar
This will produce a folder similar in name to fastphase.VERSION.linux.
Contained in this new directory are the following:
• fastPHASE
• fastphase.inp an example input file
• fastphase haplotypes.inp an example input file of known haplotypes
• fastphase subpoplabels.inp file of “subpopulation” labels for individuals in fastphase.inp
• fastphase subpoplabels2.inp contains enough labels to run with -b -ufastphase subpoplabels2.inp flags.
To do a short run and test that the program is working on your system:
./fastPHASE -T1
I cannot help more, because I am not able to download the software without a licence.
Cheers
Please edit the title to something useful, like "Problem installing fastPhase". Also, the link u've mentioned, a login is required.
What is the extension of the file you downloaded? For example:
.gz, .tar.gz, .zipits in tar.gz format