tophat error IndexError: list index out of range

[lwhitmore]

I am getting the following error when I run tophat


[2014-03-07 16:44:48] Checking for Bowtie
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/yelab/leanne/bin/tophat", line 3900, in ?
sys.exit(main())
File "/home/yelab/leanne/bin/tophat", line 3705, in main
check_bowtie(params)
File "/home/yelab/leanne/bin/tophat", line 1381, in check_bowtie
bowtie_version = get_bowtie_version(params.bowtie2)
File "/home/yelab/leanne/bin/tophat", line 1264, in get_bowtie_version
bowtie_version = [int(x) for x in ver_numbers[:3]] + [int(ver_numbers[3][4:])]
IndexError: list index out of range

I don't have any idea how to fix it so any help would be greatly appreciated!! when I search the error alot of python help sites come up so I am wondering if that may be an indirect issue?

Again thanks for any help!
Leanne

[GenoMax]

Are you using the latest versions of both tophat and bowtie2 currently available? There was a known incompatibility with a recent previous version of TopHat and Bowtie2, which was resolved this week.

[lwhitmore]

I updated both tophat and that appeared to fix the problem. I was wondering though if there was a way to use the latest version of tophat and bowtie 1. I have tried and it always results in error.

Thanks again for your help
Leanne