SLPred Standalone Tool Installation

SLPred is a command-line prediction tool written in Python 3.7.1. SLPred was developed and tested in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Please make sure that you have Anaconda installed on your computer and run the below commands to install requirements. Dependencies are available in requirements.txt file.

conda create -n slpred_env python=3.7
conda activate slpred_env

Preparation to run SLPred
pip install -r requirements.txt
chmod +x download_extract_data.sh
./download_extract_data.sh
Input file
  • The input file must be located under input_files/fasta_files folder.
  • It must be in fasta format.
  • A sample is also given as input_files/fasta_files/input.fasta.

Explanation of Parameters
--file: this is the file name of the fasta file. For example if fasta file name is input.fasta, this argument must be just input.

The command to run SLPred is as follows:
python run_SLPred.py --file input

Output file
  • The results (predictions) will be located under predictions folder with the name: input_predictions.csv.
  • The prediction is indicated with 1 (positive) and 0 (negative) for the corresponding location in the output file.