mothur on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "mothur" 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 mothur on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall mothur on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1395800
Name: mothur
PackageBaseID: 121122
PackageBase: mothur
Version: 1.48.0-1
Description: A bioinformatics program for analyzing microbial communities.
URL: https://www.mothur.org/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: meanjollies
Submitter: wookietreiber
FirstSubmitted: 1490958731
LastModified: 1706667796
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mothur.tar.gz