How to Install and Uninstall bowtie2.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "bowtie2.x86_64" package

This guide let you learn how to install bowtie2.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                bowtie2.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bowtie2.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall bowtie2.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bowtie2.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Available Packages
Name : bowtie2
Version : 2.4.1
Release : 1.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 1.3 M
Source : bowtie2-2.4.1-1.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : An ultra fast and memory-efficient read aligner
URL : http://bowtie-bio.sourceforge.net/bowtie2/index.shtml
License : GPLv3+ and zlib
Description :
: Bowtie 2 is an ultra fast and memory-efficient tool for aligning sequencing
: reads to long reference sequences. It is particularly good at aligning reads
: of about 50 up to 100s or 1,000s of characters, and particularly good at
: aligning to relatively long (e.g. mammalian) genomes. Bowtie 2 indexes the
: genome with an FM Index to keep its memory footprint small: for the human
: genome, its memory footprint is typically around 3.2 GB. Bowtie 2 supports
: gapped, local, and paired-end alignment modes.