Setup of fastq-dump

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Download Ubuntu Linux 64 bit architecture - non-sudo tar archive from download site from NCBI
tar xvfz sratoolkit.2.10.8-ubuntu64.tar.gz
cd sratoolkit.2.10.8/bin
./vdb-config --interactive
    
Bellow is the MAIN window of vdb-config.



Input Red character to move window or next action.
In the 'MAIN' window, select 'Enable Remote Access'.



Push c key to move 'CACHE' window.
If you want to change of user-repository, push o key and specify full path of directory.
Push u key and then input +. Value of RAM usage will be increased.
In this case, 1MB is specified.



'TOOLS' window specifies directory for prefetch.

Push s key for saving settings and then push x to exit the vdb-config.

Link extracted fastq-dump to /usr/bin/fastq-dump. For example,
sudo ln -s /home/miyao/sratoolkit.2.10.8-ubuntu64/bin/fastq-dump /usr/bin/fastq-dump