sra-tools on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 03,2025

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

* (Optional) Uninstall sra-tools on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "sra-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 sra-tools's git locally


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


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

ID: 1421487
Name: sra-tools
PackageBaseID: 106797
PackageBase: sra-tools
Version: 3.1.0-1
Description: A collection of tools and libraries for using data in the INSDC Sequence Read Archives
URL: https://github.com/ncbi/sra-tools
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: kbipinkumar
Submitter: apolih
FirstSubmitted: 1454107807
LastModified: 1709684273
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/sra-tools.tar.gz