Update update_blast_db

McTavishLab · May 1, 2020 · 34e15a6 · 34e15a6
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diff --git a/taxonomy/update_blast_db b/taxonomy/update_blast_db
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ Install blast command line tools:
 Instructions at
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279671/
 https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/executables/blast+/
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+e.g. on linux:
+    wget https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/executables/blast+/LATEST/ncbi-blast-2.10.0+-x64-linux.tar.gz
+    tar -xzvf ncbi-blast-2.10.0+-x64-linux.tar.gz 
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+ The binaries are in /bin
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+
 # go to your local blast dblocation
 update_blastdb nt
 cat *.tar.gz | tar -xvzf - -i