How to Install bowtie software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install bowtie software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

bowtie software package provides Ultrafast memory-efficient short read aligner, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install bowtie 

bowtie is installed in your system.

Make ensure the bowtie package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bowtie *

You will get with bowtie package name, version, architecture and description in a table

bowtie package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Science
Package bowtie
Version 1.1.2-3
Description Ultrafast memory-efficient short read aligner
Sub Section Science


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