This page will guide you through the installation steps required to run nf-core/pixelator.
Installing Nextflow
Nextflow is distributed as a self-installing
package,
which means that it does not require any special installation procedure. We currently support Nextflow >=22.04.5.
Download the executable package by running either one of the following commands in your terminal window:
- wget
- curl
wget -qO- https://get.nextflow.io | bash
curl -s https://get.nextflow.io | bash
This will create the nextflow main executable file in the current directory.
Make the binary executable on your system by running
chmod +x nextflow
Optionally, move the nextflow file to a directory defined in your $PATH variable to make the nextflow
command available without having to type the full path to the executable.
Installing Docker
We have tested extensively nf-core/pixelator with docker, so that is our recommended system to manage container
images:
Installing other container management platforms
Install any of Apptainer/Singularity,
Podman,
Shifter
or Charliecloud for full pipeline reproducibility.
The nf-core/pixelator pipeline has been tested with docker, Apptainer/Singularity and Podman.
You can use conda both to install Nextflow itself and also to manage software within
pipelines.
Use of conda as a configuration profile when running pipelines is discouraged due to lack of reproducibility. Please only use it as a last resort solution.
More information can be found in the configuration options.