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  • Download BaseSpace runs from an Ubuntu (Linux) box

    Hello,

    Am I correct in assuming that in order to download data files (FastQ) from BaseSpace, I have to manually run the python downloader script using my run ID and a token????????

    In other words, you'd have to be running WinBlows to have this downloaded automagically?

    - Andor

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    Discussion of next-gen sequencing related bioinformatics: resources, algorithms, open source efforts, etc


    Companies do not have an obligation to support all OS's. Illumina seems to have concentrated their user facing development on Windows.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by GenoMax View Post
      http://seqanswers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47633

      Companies do not have an obligation to support all OS's. Illumina seems to have concentrated their user facing development on Windows.
      I don't think this a matter of "supporting all OS's". When the overwhelming amount of software for bioinformatics is Linux based, that should be the primarily supported OS, not other operating systems. Many companies provide the ability to download a file securely regardless of OS. In other words, without having to install an OS (*.exe) specific downloader. For example, the downloader could have been JAVA based.

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      • #4
        I don't use basespace so I don't know about the "automagical download" you are referring to (is that a separate application?). Looking at this link from the thread posted above Illumina seems to be treating Windows/OS X/Linux equally: https://support.basespace.illumina.c...run-downloader

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        • #5
          Apparently this is a new thing? It seemed to work direct through the browser on Linux about 6 months ago.

          There is an OSX downloader but it wasn't Snow Leopard compatible which left out my slightly older Mac Pro. At that point I looked at the python thing but decided it looked too complicated and it was easier to find a different machine.

          There is a blog post from April 11th talking about "New Download Experience" and asking for feedback so I left a comment asking for a Linux port. Maybe if enough other people do the same?

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          • #6
            Originally posted by cliffbeall View Post
            Apparently this is a new thing? It seemed to work direct through the browser on Linux about 6 months ago.

            There is an OSX downloader but it wasn't Snow Leopard compatible which left out my slightly older Mac Pro. At that point I looked at the python thing but decided it looked too complicated and it was easier to find a different machine.

            There is a blog post from April 11th talking about "New Download Experience" and asking for feedback so I left a comment asking for a Linux port. Maybe if enough other people do the same?
            Yes, you are correct - it used to work on Linux from within the browser. I can't login to their stupid website

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            • #7
              Originally posted by GenoMax View Post
              I don't use basespace so I don't know about the "automagical download" you are referring to (is that a separate application?). Looking at this link from the thread posted above Illumina seems to be treating Windows/OS X/Linux equally: https://support.basespace.illumina.c...run-downloader
              Yeah, problem is, that downloads EVERYTHING - image files, everything!

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              • #8
                If you only need the fastq files why aren't you grabbing them directly from the MiSeq (if you have direct access to MiSeq of course)?

                They should be in the D:\Illumina\MiSeq Analysis\Flowcell ID\Data\Intensities\BaseCalls directory (if I am remembering path right). Apologies in advance, if use of BaseSpace somehow turns local analysis off.

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                • #9
                  It's still possible to download files without their download program. You will need to go into each file and download them one by one.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by GenoMax View Post
                    If you only need the fastq files why aren't you grabbing them directly from the MiSeq (if you have direct access to MiSeq of course)?

                    They should be in the D:\Illumina\MiSeq Analysis\Flowcell ID\Data\Intensities\BaseCalls directory (if I am remembering path right). Apologies in advance, if use of BaseSpace somehow turns local analysis off.
                    No, you're right - but some of my collaborators are 800 miles away

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by kcchan View Post
                      It's still possible to download files without their download program. You will need to go into each file and download them one by one.
                      So, I tried the python script and it started downloading EVERYTHING (all images files, etc). Is there a way to get the python script to pull only the FASTQ files?

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                      • #12
                        You have to go into the Sample section (tube icon on the left sidebar) and click on the file name for each file (and not the checkbox). It will give you the error message "File is either not text-based or too large for viewing, please download the raw file." but also contain a download button to get the file via a normal download. It'll get pretty tedious if you have a lot of samples.

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                        • #13
                          This appeared on the Illumina blog post I linked to earlier, with a video of their upcoming tool:
                          Update (04/24/2015): We have received feedback regarding the inability of using the new downloader on Linux machines. At the BaseSpace WWDC today at the Broad Institute we announced that a new feature called BaseMount will be released soon. BaseMount enables you to mount your BaseSpace data as an Linux read-only FUSE-based virtual file system. You can do normal file system operations and can download files from a command line. We have a detailed demo below.

                          Hopefully this will solve peoples's issues.

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                          • #14
                            An ugly workaround we use for this (with NextSeq) is to mount a target directory on a linux box as a Samba share on NextSeq and use the Windows download tool from NextSeq to save .fastq files to that share.

                            But yes, it is annoying.

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                            • #15
                              BaseMount is now available

                              BaseSpace team just released early access to BaseMount. It allows you to mount your entire account as a filesystem.

                              More info at:
                              https://basemount.basespace.illumina.com

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