fastqc on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 01,2025

1. Install "fastqc" 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 fastqc on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall fastqc on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1277742
Name: fastqc
PackageBaseID: 103608
PackageBase: fastqc
Version: 0.12.1-4
Description: A quality control tool for high throughput sequence data.
URL: https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0.000109
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: malacology
Submitter: thurisaz
FirstSubmitted: 1448033254
LastModified: 1687543281
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fastqc.tar.gz