Nextflow Installation

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Requirements = Linux OS, Java, Singularity

Part A: Once on Sumner, request an interactive node (must be on compute node for singularity) $ srun -p compute -t 02:00:00 --mem 2G --pty bash

Part B: Load the Singularity module $ module load singularity

Part C: Go to Home Directory (note: the symbol ~ is a shortcut for your home directory. You can also type the full path to your home directory.) $ cd ~

Part D: Download Nextflow Using Curl (only needs to be completed once by each user) $ curl -s https://get.nextflow.io/ | bash

Part E: Test Nextflow installation $ ~/nextflow run hello