blast+ on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "blast+" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install blast+ on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall blast+ on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "blast+" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone blast+'s git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/blast+.git 
            
                        
                ~/blast+
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/blast+ folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/blast+
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the blast+ package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1349899
Name: blast+
PackageBaseID: 95637
PackageBase: blast+
Version: 2.15.0-1
Description: BLAST tool suite from NCBI (blastn, blastp, blastx, psiblast, etc)
URL: http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mys_721tx
Submitter: wookietreiber
FirstSubmitted: 1436267501
LastModified: 1699471408
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/blast+.tar.gz