Cannot execute binary file about orthofinder HOT 4 CLOSED

You probably need the _source.tar.gz version. the other one is precompiled for linux.

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Thanks for your reply! I suspected that something like this was occurring based on what I could find from Googling, but the instructions made it seem like the file would run on either Linux or Mac so I wanted to see if it was something I was doing wrong.

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Hello
Did you solved this problem ? I am facing a similar problem, but the proposed solution here just not solving my issue. I am trying to install Orthofinder on my mac (sierra) . I downloaded and unzipped the “OrthoFinder-2.0.0.tar.gz” file. When I run “OrthoFinder-2.0.0/orthofinder –h” I get an error message saying "cannot execute binary file”. When I try the source_tar.gz version (OrthoFinder-2.0.0_source.tar.gz, I can’t run ‘OrthoFinder-2.0.0_source/orthofinder -h’ because Orthofinder is not a script but a directory with a lot of python scripts inside. Please, is this a common problem ? what is the better alternative to get orthofinder running in my Mac ?
Thank you in advance for your assistance

Dieunel

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Hi

You can run the source code version like a normal python script:
python OrthoFinder-2.0.0_source/orthofinder/orthofinder.py -h

All the best
David

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