By impadmin, January 26, 2021 Posted in: Brew Install mac

Easy steps to install sratoolkit package on Mac

Package Information:

Application Name – sratoolkit
What is sratoolkit – Not Available for sratoolkit
Use of sratoolkit – Data tools for INSDC Sequence Read Archive
URL – https://github.com/ncbi/sra-tools

Installation Steps:

  1. Open Terminal using Spotlight search by pressing  <command+space>. Type terminal and hit  Enter  key.

    2. spotlight search terminal

  2. Now, run following command to install homebrew (brew)

    3. ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" < /dev/null 2> /dev/null

    Homebrew Install Command Screenshot

  3. Install sratoolkit using brew 
    brew install sratoolkit

sratoolkit  is ready to use now!