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+The Galaxy tool wrappers contained in this tool shed repository rely on software developed by
+the NCBI: http://github.com/ncbi/sra-tools.
+
+NCBI Sequence Read Archive: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Traces/sra/sra.cgi?view=software.
+Use of SRA Toolkit software herein should comply with the GPL v2 or greater.
+
+Copyright (C) 2013  Matthew Shirley
+
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# INSTALLATION
+
+This software release was designed to install using the Galaxy toolshed under Linux and MacOS operating systems on Intel x86-compatible 32/64 bit architectures.
+
+*Build Requirements*
+
+- bash
+- make
+- gcc
+- g++
+- libxml2
+
+On a Debian OS use:
+
+    apt-get install build-essential libxml2-dev
+
+On a Mac with [command line tools](https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action) installed:
+
+    brew install libxml2
+
+# Installation of Aspera connect ascp binary
+
+The sra-tools suite is ready to benefit from increased transfer speed and reliability by using Aspera Connect ascp.
+To benefit, download the ascp commandline client, and place ascp and the required ssh keys into a PATH accessible to galaxys job handler.
+
+A convenience package for linux and OS X is available at https://toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/view/mvdbeek/package_ascp_3/e109f0ec22c3 .
+It suffices to copy the contents of the $INSTALL_DIR/bin into PATH.
+
+Alternatively go to http://downloads.asperasoft.com/connect2/ .
+
+Aspera connect is not provided by the IUC due to its closed-source nature.
+
+# Firewall settings for highspeed transfer
+
+To benefit from increased transfer speeds using ascp3 your local firewall must permit UDP data transfer in both
+directions on ports 33001-33009 for the following IP ranges:
+
+    130.14.*.*
+
+    165.112.*.*
+
+The firewall must also allow ssh traffic outbound to NCBI.
+The wrapper will fall back to http download if these requirements are not met.
+
+CONTROLLED-ACCESS DATA
+
+Encrypted, controlled-access data is not supported.