How to Install blast2 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install blast2 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

blast2 software package provides Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) 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

blast2 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Science
Package blast2
Version 1:2.2.26.20120620-7
Description Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
Sub Section Science


See Also, How to uninstall or remove blast2 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?