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nextflow self-update

Update the Nextflow runtime to the latest available version.

Usage​

$ nextflow self-update [options]

Description​

The self-update command directs the nextflow CLI to update itself to the latest stable release.

Options​

-clean​
Added in version 27.04

Remove the files of all other Nextflow versions after updating. This deletes the framework JARs under $NXF_HOME/framework and the launcher caches under $NXF_HOME/tmp, and keeps only the newly installed version. It does not remove plugins. Nextflow downloads a removed version again the next time you use it, for example with NXF_VER.

-h, -help​

Print the command usage.

Examples​

Update Nextflow:

$ nextflow self-update

      N E X T F L O W
      version 20.07.1 build 5412
      created 24-07-2020 15:18 UTC (20:48 IDT)
      cite doi:10.1038/nbt.3820
      http://nextflow.io


Nextflow installation completed. Please note:
- the executable file `nextflow` has been created in the folder: /usr/local/bin

Update Nextflow and remove the files of older versions:

$ nextflow self-update -clean
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