kraken2 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: July 04,2024

1. Install "kraken2" 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 kraken2 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall kraken2 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "kraken2" 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 kraken2's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/kraken2.git 
            
                        
                ~/kraken2
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/kraken2 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/kraken2
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kraken2 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1269393
Name: kraken2
PackageBaseID: 192678
PackageBase: kraken2
Version: 2.1.3-1
Description: Improved vesion of kraken ultrafast metagenomic sequence classification tool. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-019-1891-0
URL: https://github.com/DerrickWood/kraken2
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: kbipinkumar
Submitter: kbipinkumar
FirstSubmitted: 1681460029
LastModified: 1686139292
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/kraken2.tar.gz