07. Offline Use

Download and Use pipesnake Offline

pipesnake benefits from the Nextflow style by retrieving containerised software, but this can be an issue when you need to run it on a server or HPC that does not have an internet connection. To get around this you can download the pipeline and software container images and manually transfer them across.

First, make sure that you've got nf-core/tools installed, then download the pipeline.

nf-core download ausarg/pipesnake

You'll get a number of prompts through the process including your choice of:

• release/branch (main)
• include default configurations (Y)
• download software container images (singularity)
• compression type (your choice)

Once you've successfully downloaded this, you can move it across to your target system.