gffread executable file

Question

[karlaf.jara]

Hello!

I want to use gffread to convert a gff3 file to gtf. However, when I try to install it in linux, the executable file (purple diamond), it does not work. I would like to know if the tool is maintained. I use the next commands to install.

cd /some/build/dir
git clone https://github.com/gpertea/gclib
git clone https://github.com/gpertea/gffread
cd gffread
make release

Thank you

[ATpoint]

it does not work

That is not a meaningful error message. Please elaborate. With the provided commands, I could compile the tool without errors. Also for the future, please use the format bar to indicate code.

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

purple diamond

did you try to click on any icon using a graphical file explorer ?(!)

[WouterDeCoster]

Have you read the documentation on how to use this tool?

Answer 1

[Kristoffer Vitting-Seerup]

If you dont want to build it from source you can just download a precompiled Cufflinks version from here. That binary includes a gffread.