bowtie on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 08,2025

1. Install "bowtie" 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 bowtie on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall bowtie on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "bowtie" 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 bowtie's git locally


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


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

ID: 1158484
Name: bowtie
PackageBaseID: 55138
PackageBase: bowtie
Version: 1.3.1-1
Description: Alignment tool for short nucleotide sequences against long templates
URL: https://bowtie-bio.sourceforge.net
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: a821
Submitter: Athemis
FirstSubmitted: 1324393979
LastModified: 1666970533
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/bowtie.tar.gz