[Bio-Linux] Editing custom_parameters on QIIME

[Tim Booth]

Hi Caitlin,

Sorry, this is not very obvious from the tutorial documentation.  The
idea is that you copy both the data and the custom_parameters.txt to a
directory in your home folder.  You will then be the owner of all the
newly copied files and able to edit them.

So, for example, to work on the tutorial data:

Click "Introductory Tutorial" on the desktop
Right click on "qiime_tutorial_data.tar.gz"
Extract To...
and now select your home folder (ie. /home/live)
A "qiime_tutorial_data" folder will appear in your home directory

If you want to work on some of your own data you normally just want to
copy the default qiime_parameters.txt into the folder where your data is
before customising it - eg:

cp /usr/share/doc/qiime/qiime_parameters.txt ~/my_data_for_qiime/custom_parameters.txt

Does that make sense?

Cheers,

TIM

On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 11:28 +0100, Burns, Caitlin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm having trouble editing my custom_parameters.txt folder in Qiime.
> It is a read-only file and states: you are not the owner, so you
> cannot change these permissions. The owner is root. I have tried to
> paste in an edited version of custom_parameters but it wont even allow
> me to add anything to the qiime tutorial folder.
> 
> How do I get permission or change the settings? I am using Biolinux
> from a memory stick that was given to us by CEH Wallingford.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Caitlin
> 
> 
> Caitlin Burns
> 
> PhD student
> 
> School of Life Sciences
> University of Warwick
> Wellesbourne campus
> Warwickshire
> CV35 9EF
> 
> 
> 

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