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====== IgBLAST ======

IgBLAST was developed at NCBI to facilitate analysis of immunoglobulin variable domain sequences but has recently been extended to perform analysis for T cell receptor (TR) sequences.

===== Information =====

  * Version: 1.10.0
  * Added: September, 2016
  * Updated: April, 2020
  * Link: https://ncbi.github.io/igblast/

===== Usage =====

See which versions of igblast are available:
<code>$ module avail igblast</code>

Load one version into your environment and run it:
<code>$ module load igblast/1.10.0
$ igblastn
$ igblastp</code>

===== Installation ======

Notes from the sysadmin during installation:
<code>$ cd /tmp
$ wget ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/blast/executables/igblast/release/1.10.0/ncbi-igblast-1.10.0-x64-linux.tar.gz
$ tar xf ncbi-igblast-1.10.0-x64-linux.tar.gz
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/igblast/1.10.0
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/igblast/1.10.0/data
$ sudo cp -r ncbi-igblast-1.10.0/* /export/apps/igblast/1.10.0
$ sudo mkdir /export/apps/igblast/1.10.0/data
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/igblast/1.10.0/data
$ cd /export/apps/igblast/1.10.0/data
$ wget -r -nH --cut-dirs=4 ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/blast/executables/igblast/release/internal_data
$ wget -r -nH --cut-dirs=4 ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/blast/executables/igblast/release/database
$ wget -r -nH --cut-dirs=4 ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/blast/executables/igblast/release/optional_file
$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/igblast/1.10.0/data
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