bwa on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "bwa" 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 bwa on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall bwa on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1030079
Name: bwa
PackageBaseID: 55826
PackageBase: bwa
Version: 0.7.17-2
Description: Burrows-Wheeler Aligner maps low-divergent sequences against a large reference genome
URL: http://bio-bwa.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 11
Popularity: 0.000109
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Piezo
Submitter: stratust
FirstSubmitted: 1326676242
LastModified: 1643737467
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/bwa.tar.gz