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Aspera: Command 'ascp' not found

I am trying to download files from the idr website using aspera. I am running the following command however I get the error Command 'ascp' not found. The ssh key exists and the file path is correct.

ascp -TQ -l40m -P 33001 -i "path/to/key/asperaweb_id_dsa.openssh" idr0013@fasp.ebi.ac.uk:. /tmp/data/idr0013/

When I run ascli config ascp show I get path/.aspera/ascli/sdk/ascp so I believe the command is installed.

aspera linux idr ssh

1 answer

It is simply not in PATH. Put the folder with the binary into PATH or use the full path to the ascp binary for the command.

For completeness: Setting up Aspera Connect (ascp) on Linux and macOS

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