Ubuntu defaults to rna-star_2.7.3a - how to override?

[Alex MacLeod]

Hello Alex and STAR community, 

I have been running STAR on Ubuntu 20.04 through wsl and I have been trying to install version 2.7.5c, since I have run into issues with the previous version. I have tried to override Ubuntu calls for 2.7.3a but no matter what I try (ie changing PATH, executing make STAR in STAR-2.7.5c/source folder). When I try to set the version, it cannot find the version and states that 2.7.3a is the most recent version. Here is a brief workflow:

wget https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR/archive/2.7.5c.tar.gz

tar -xzf 2.7.5c.tar.gz

cd scripts/STAR-2.7.5c/source/

sudo apt-get install rna-star=STAR-2.7.5c

            E: Version 'STAR-2.7.5c' for 'rna-star' was not found

Any ideas?

Thank you!

-Alex MacLeod

[Alexander Dobin]

Hi Alex,

to use the pre-compiled STAR executable, specify the full path, e.g.

/path/to/scripts/STAR-2.7.5c/bin/Linux_x86_64_static/STAR

Or, you can add /path/to/scripts/STAR-2.7.5c/bin/Linux_x86_64_static/ to your PATH variable.

Cheers

Alex