This guide is specific to the single-node Partek® Flow® installation and uses the Linux package managers and repositories.
If you had installed older versions of Partek Flow using a zip file (run the flowstatus.sh to verify), follow the steps to switch to the package manager before proceeding.
This section covers the following topics:
By default, Partek Flow is installed under /opt/partek_flow and temporary files are housed in /opt/partek_flow/temp.
The installation procedure varies per Linux distribution. To check your distribution, open a terminal and run:
$ cat /etc/issue
Install Partek Flow
$ sudo apt-get install partekflow
When asked to continue, type the letter Y and press Enter.
During the installation, you will be prompted for the Flow server port (Figure 1). Unless necessary, accept the default HTTP port: 8080 by pressing Enter.
A user can access Partek Flow using a web browser on any browser-enabled device, such as a personal computer, tablet, smartphone etc. We recommend using Google Chrome™ or, alternatively, Mozilla Firefox™. The screen resolution should be set to 1024 × 768 pixels or higher. This is particularly important for the use of visualization tools such as Chromosome Viewer.
Once Partek Flow server has been started, access the interface using a web browser.
When Partek Flow is launched for the first time, the user is prompted to provide a license key (Figure 2). Copy and paste the license key received from Partek Licensing Support in the License key box and select Next*.
*You may need to refresh your page if you are not automatically directed to the "Create an administrator account" after selecting "Next".
If you have not received the license key, contact your account representative or request a trial.
Partek Flow supports multiple users, each of which can either be classified as administrator or regular user, based on access privileges. The first account to be created is always an administrator account. Additional users may be added after installation. To set up the first (administrator) account, specify a username, password, and email address (Figure 3), then click Next.
Select a directory folder to store the library files that will be downloaded or generated by Partek Flow (Figure 4). All Partek Flow users share library files and the size of the library folder can grow significantly. We recommend at least 100GB of free space should be allocated for library files. The free space in the selected library file directory is shown. Click Next to proceed. You can change this directory after installation by changing system preferences. For more information, see Library file management.
After selecting the library file directory, the installation is done. Click the Finish button (Figure 5).
The browser will display the Partek Flow Homepage (Figure 6). Since there are no projects available, links to the download tutorial data as well as the link to the documentation pages are displayed.