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Exception in thread main java lang NoClassDefFoundError org xerial snappy LoadSnappy Follow

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This can happen when you run GATK directly from the jar instead of using the gatk-launch script. The gatk-launch script sets an important system property: -Dsnappy.disable=true. You can either set this property manually, or use the launch script.

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