Easyfig not saving Blast output files

[mjsull]

Easyfig not saving Blast output files

[Batstaph]

I am having a similar problem. I have been running easyfig for a couple of years and recently started problems. I've just upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04. I've re-downloaded easyfig but still the same issue.

[AllisonStander]

@Batstaph I was also trying to run EasyFig on Ubuntu 20.04.1. Seems like it might be the issue.

[Batstaph]

I've tried this with a fresh download of easyfig and BLAST on a clean Linux MX distro and get the same problem. It runs correctly the first time then fails to generate the BLAST .out files.

[mjsull]

Hi all,

Are you running the python script? or the Linux tar?

Could you try running https://github.com/mjsull/Easyfig/releases/download/2.2.5/Easyfig.py from the terminal and see if you get the same issues?

Thanks,

Mitch

[Batstaph]

When I run:
kay@kay-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-5th:/Tools/Easyfig_2.2.2_linux$ python Easyfig.py
File "Easyfig.py", line 406
raise AttributeError, "Color is immutable"
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

[mjsull]

Hi @Batstaph

You'll need to run it with Python 2.7.

[Batstaph]

Sorry but I can't get easyfig.py to find the tkinter module. Did a fresh install on Windows 10 and I am getting the same error message: File not found. This is really frustrating. I've been using easyfig fine for over a year and just when I need it to finish the final chapter of my thesis it's failed. I'm going away to cry.

[vrbouza]

Hi, I faced the same issue and found that the problem was related with the library zlib that blast uses. The thing is that somwhow my blast, although centrally installed (in an Ubuntu 20.04 LTS GNU/Linux system), ended up picking the zlib file that easyfig ships. I had to move the zlib file from the folder to another name (.old) and create a symlink from the zlib same file that I had in /lib/x86_64blabla/.so to the same folder. With it, it run flawlessly. This seems like a bug from the side of the software packaged. I hope this helps.