When developing tools for CTAT, we used a DataManager to do this sort of thing. So the Admin has to download both the tool and the DataManager, and use the DataManager to download the large file and put it in the desired location on the system. Cicada Dennis ________________________________________ From: Jin Li <lijin.abc@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 12:43 PM To: Langhorst, Brad Cc: Galaxy Dev List Subject: [External] [galaxy-dev] Re: How to include a large datafile in a bioconda package? This message was sent from a non-IU address. Please exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments from external sources. ------- Hi Brad, Thank you for your quick reply. I can put the data file to Zenodo so that I will have a permanent location for it. As for re-computing the data file locally, it may need several days to run, so it may be quite inefficient to do the computing. I am expecting an automatic download of the data file when installing the package. Do we have a convention to do that? Thank you. Best regards, Jin On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 11:31 AM Langhorst, Brad <Langhorst@neb.com> wrote:
Hi:
I’d be concerned about that file changing or disappearing and causing irreproducibility. If the URL were to a permanent location (e.g. NCBI or zenodo) maybe it’s ok.
Could it be re-computed locally if necessary (like a genome index)?
Maybe others know of examples where this is done.
Brad
On Jul 24, 2019, at 12:24 PM, Jin Li <lijin.abc@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I am not sure if this mailing list is a good place to ask a bioconda question. Sorry to bother if not. I want to ask how to include a large data file when publishing a bioconda package. Our program depends on a pre-computed data file, which is too large to be included in the source code package. The data file can be accessed via a public URL. Can I put the downloading command in `build.sh` when publishing a bioconda package? If not, do we have a convention to deal with dependent large datafiles? Thank you.
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