PLINK in Ubuntu 14.04

[Kimist99]

Newbie to Bioinformatics here...

Has anyone else configured PLINK to run in Ubuntu 14.04? I'm getting the following error and I can't seem to figure out how to correct it:

Output file root: Invalid fileroot


Thanks in advance!

[GenoMax]

Are you trying to write to a location where you do not have write permissions or not using a unique output name? Example below is from gPLINK.

http://pngu.mgh.harvard.edu/~purcell/plink/gplink_tutorial/p13.html

[Kimist99]

Thank you for your response.

I referenced that link and spent hours trying to troubleshoot the issue before starting this thread.

Unfortunately, they don't tell you how to correct the error. For example, in their example where it reads valid file root, mine reads invalid file root.

I have access as systems admin and I've also tried creating a new directory/giving the file a new name but I still get the same error.

[Kimist99]

I guess I wasn't using a unique enough name afterall!

[Kimist99]

To Ubuntu users of plink for GWAS, the executable is renamed p-link due to a name clash.