Installation

Clone the motus repository:

git clone https://github.com/motu-tool/mOTUs_v2.git

Run setup.py:

python mOTUs_v2/setup.py 

There are four steps:

1. Download the ZIP motus database. You need the Request library for Python.
2. Extract the files into db_mOTU directory.
3. Remove the ZIP archive.
4. Create a file with the motus tool version information

It is recommended to add the git repository to the system path.

You can run test.py to check the motus installation and pre-requisites:

python mOTUs_v2/test.py 

The expected result for no errors is:

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|                               TEST MOTUS TOOL                                |
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1-- ran setup.py: done

2-- Tools and versions:
- python:    correct
- bwa:       correct
- samtools:  correct
- metaSNV:   correct

3-- Taxonomy profiling test:
- Run motus (-v 1, only error messages):
- end motus call

Check resulting profile: correct