Hi,
I am trying to install and configure netsurfp (https://services.healthtech.dtu.dk/service.php?NetSurfP-2.0) for one of our projects. It needs the location of BLAST data on my system (example given in the script: "/usr/cbs/bio/src/blast-2.2.18/data/"). I am using Ubuntu 20.04, I have installed both ncbi-blast+ and ncbi-blast+-legacy packages, but could not find such directories anywhere. I also downloaded the official BLAST packages from the NCBI FTP server (http://mirror.ufs.ac.za/datasets/ncbi/blast/executables/blast+/2.2.18/), but I could not find any data directory inside them. Do you have any idea where to look for them?
Thanks,
Gergő
without knowing the specific details I assume it wants the location where you installed your blast DBs (can be a separate folder than where the binaries of blast are located).
if you correctly installed the blast tools, you can for instance run
which blastp
that will give you the location of the blast binary fileson a side note: the blast version 2.2.18 is years old (dates from 2013), if in any way possible download a more recent version of blast.