SRA TOOLKIT error

Question

[gubrins]

Heys,

I'm trying to configure SRA TOOLKITS in a new Mac from my lab and I'm having some issues. When I follow the configuration guidelines (https://github.com/ncbi/sra-tools/wiki/03.-Quick-Toolkit-Configuration) and I try to save them, I get the error "error saving changes" which does not allow me to change the new configuration, being unable to run the fastq-dump function.

Anybody solved this? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

[ATpoint]

How did you install it? Do you have writing permission at the disk location that the tool sits in?

[gubrins]

thanks for trying to help me, it seems it was exactly that, I did not have writing permission in my HOME. Thanks!

[Hope]

I tried to provide writing permission and it still did not work. Any ideas why?

[gubrins]

Later on I found this website https://sra-explorer.info/# which allows you to download everything you need!