picard-tools on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "picard-tools" 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 picard-tools on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                picard-tools
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall picard-tools on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                picard-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "picard-tools" 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 picard-tools's git locally


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


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

ID: 1353324
Name: picard-tools
PackageBaseID: 75684
PackageBase: picard-tools
Version: 3.1.1-1
Description: set of tools for working with next generation sequencing data in the BAM format
URL: https://github.com/broadinstitute/picard
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: malacology
Submitter: mschu
FirstSubmitted: 1385378637
LastModified: 1700006635
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/picard-tools.tar.gz