If you're running Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04, the easiest way to make sure your DNAnexus SDK is always up-to-date is to install it from our APT repository (more info about APT). To set up the repository on your computer:
# (1) Add the repository by doing one of the following.# On Ubuntu 16.04:sudo /bin/bash -c "echo 'deb http://dnanexus-apt-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu xenial/amd64/' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dnanexus.list"sudo /bin/bash -c "echo 'deb http://dnanexus-apt-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu xenial/all/' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dnanexus.list"# On Ubuntu 14.04:sudo /bin/bash -c "echo 'deb http://dnanexus-apt-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu trusty/amd64/' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dnanexus.list"sudo /bin/bash -c "echo 'deb http://dnanexus-apt-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu trusty/all/' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dnanexus.list"# (2) Load the DNAnexus repository signing key.wget https://dnanexus-sdk.s3.amazonaws.com/apt/ubuntu-signing-key.gpgsudo apt-key add ubuntu-signing-key.gpg
Now you can install dx-toolkit
:
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install dx-toolkit
To activate the installation and begin using dx-toolkit
:
source /etc/profile.d/dnanexus.environment.sh