Something went wrong! NotReadableError: File could not be read

I have a 3 GB demux_seqs.qza file that i try to visualize. I get the following error, any idea why?

# Something went wrong!

NotReadableError: File could not be read

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Hi @Robin_Mjelle!

That's a new error for me - it implies that firefox doesn't have permission to read the QZA on your filesystem. Maybe you can say a bit more about how your partitions and filesystems are laid out? I don't think there is anything we can offer to help, except some guidance on how to change your file permissions.

As an aside - viewing a QZA will only give you access to the provenance and artifact details - if you want a detailed summary of the demuxed seqs you should first run qiime demux summarize, then view that visualization.

Taking another step back though, please make sure you have spent some time reviewing the QIIME 2 documentation: docs.qiime2.org, there is a lot of valuable information there to help get you started and on your way.

:qiime2:

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