Decompress them into a dedicated directory using a tool like tar on Linux/Mac or 7-Zip on Windows. 3. High-Speed and Cloud Options
This Perl script automatically handles downloading, integrity checking (using MD5 checksums), and decompression. download blast db
Set an environment variable named BLASTDB pointing to your database folder. Decompress them into a dedicated directory using a
After downloading, your local BLAST installation needs to know where to find these files. integrity checking (using MD5 checksums)
The most efficient way to download and maintain BLAST databases is using the update_blastdb.pl script, which is bundled with the BLAST+ executable package.