Bowtie installation

[kasutubh]

Hi everyone,

I need to install bowtie on my University cluster and I downloaded the linux version of bowtie. (bowtie-0.12.7-linux-x86_64.zip). When I try to copy this to the cluster, I get following command,

bowtie-0.12.7-linux-x86_64.zip: No such file or directory

I also tried just putting bowtie-0.12.7.zip but I got the same error. I am using mac terminal.

What is happening here?

Thanks in advance for help!

Kaustubh.

[dpryan]

Perhaps you're in the wrong directory (that is, you're either typing the command in a directory not containing the bowtie .zip file or telling cp to copy the zip file from a place where it doesn't actually exist)? The "No such file or directory" simply means that the cp command can't find what you're telling it to copy.

This is a general enough question that you can also just find someone local familiar with Linux and just show him/her what you're trying to do. The solution should be apparent to someone familiar with using unix/linux/etc.

[zippered_ohio]

Hi kasutubh,

dpryan is right, this just means that the "cp" command can't find the file you are telling it to copy.

The generic form of the "cp" command is:

cp SourceFile TargetDirectory

So, I would say this: "cd" into the directory where you downloaded the file, and do "ls" to see which files are in there. Then, run the command which is failing, and screenshot the terminal window. Post it up here and it should be pretty straightforward to figure out.

[kasutubh]

Thank you guys..It worked!