bowtie2 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "bowtie2" 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 bowtie2 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall bowtie2 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "bowtie2" 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 bowtie2's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/bowtie2.git 
            
                        
                ~/bowtie2
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/bowtie2 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/bowtie2
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bowtie2 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1428492
Name: bowtie2
PackageBaseID: 59957
PackageBase: bowtie2
Version: 2.5.3-1
Description: Bowtie 2 is an ultrafast and memory-efficient tool for aligning sequencing reads to long reference sequence.
URL: https://bowtie-bio.sourceforge.net/bowtie2
NumVotes: 16
Popularity: 0.000109
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: vejnar
Submitter: stratust
FirstSubmitted: 1339439277
LastModified: 1710603621
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/bowtie2.tar.gz