hisat2 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "hisat2" 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 hisat2 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall hisat2 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "hisat2" 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 hisat2's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/hisat2.git 
            
                        
                ~/hisat2
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/hisat2 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/hisat2
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hisat2 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 807640
Name: hisat2
PackageBaseID: 129659
PackageBase: hisat2
Version: 2.2.1-1
Description: A fast and sensitive alignment program for mapping next-generation sequencing reads against genomes
URL: https://ccb.jhu.edu/software/hisat2
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.000109
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: flying-sheep
Submitter: flying-sheep
FirstSubmitted: 1517480085
LastModified: 1603291528
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/hisat2.tar.gz