megahit on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "megahit" 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 megahit on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall megahit on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 938515
Name: megahit
PackageBaseID: 169164
PackageBase: megahit
Version: 1.2.9-1
Description: Ultra-fast and memory-efficient (meta-)genome assembler
URL: https://github.com/voutcn/megahit
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: PumpkinCheshire
Submitter: PumpkinCheshire
FirstSubmitted: 1627113420
LastModified: 1627113420
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/megahit.tar.gz