Ugene: NCBI Blast Query causes error

[adam]

My OS: Linux Mint Version 17.1, Rebecca

Package: Unipro UGENE

Version: 1.9.8+repack-0ubuntu4

Description:
executing the command "Query NCBI Blast Database" returns the following error message:
[ERROR][hh:mm] Task {RemoteBLASTTask} finished with error: Empty response

Note: [hh:mm] is a time stamp in the log file.

Steps to repeat:
1. Right click on a desired sequence annotation, and navigate through the context menus
2. Apply the command "Query NCBI Blast Database"

Problem Happens always.

Possible Solution:
This was a known bug in 2014 that was fixed in newer versions of the software:

http://ugene.unipro.ru/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1399383496

The most recent version of UGENE is 1.15; the version packaged for Ubuntu is 1.9.8.

Upgrading the Ugene package would most likely resolve this issue.

[adam (adam-faranda)]

This is fixed in the most recent version of ugene. I was able to execute a BLAST query using the precompiled binary provided by the unipro team (ugene.unipro.ru, version 1.16).

[Dylan Aïssi (daissi)]

Fixed since Artful (ugene 1.25).