blast2 software package provides Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install blast2
blast2 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the blast2 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep blast2 *
You will get with blast2 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Science |
| Package | blast2 |
| Version | 1:2.2.25.20110713-3ubuntu2 |
| Description | Basic Local Alignment Search Tool |
| Sub Section | Science |