Module installation

[aida-god92]

Hello!

My question is related to the installation of the bactopia modules. When a process is launched for the first time, the program checks to see if they are installed and if it cannot find them, it proceeds to download it.

Due to the architecture of my server, I would need the installation and search for modules to be carried out in another directory. Is it possible to tell bactopia to install modules in another path other than the user home?

Thanks for the attention!

All the best,

Aida

[rpetit3]

Hi @aida-god92

Are you using Conda or Singularity?

if Conda you will want to use --condadir and for Singularity you will want to use --singularity_cache_dir.

Now for the pre-downloaded datasets, you will want to use --datasets_cache

If this is something you will be doing regularly, I would recommend creating a config file which will save you needing to remember to add it to the command-line each time. Happy to tell you more about this route, if interested.

Cheers,
Robert

[aida-god92]

Thank you very much for this super quick answer!
I'm sorry I did not see these flags, but I used and it works perfectly.

Best,

Aida

[rpetit3]

Awesome! Glad to hear it worked out for you!

Any suggestions on how I could make these parameters easier to find?

[aida-god92]

In this case, I think it was my fault, because I did not read the full guide in depth. But maybe it could be useful in the installation section:

https://bactopia.github.io/v3.0.0/installation/

Thank you very much! Bactopia is very helpful