How To Install bwa on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install bwa on Rocky Linux 8. bwa is Burrows-Wheeler Alignment tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bwa on Rocky Linux 8.

What is bwa

BWA is a program for aligning sequencing reads against a large reference genome (e.g. human genome). It has two major components, one for read shorter than 150bp and the other for longer reads.

We can use yum or dnf to install bwa on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bwa.

Install bwa on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bwa using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bwa

Install bwa on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bwa using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bwa

How To Uninstall bwa on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the bwa package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bwa

bwa Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/bwa
/usr/bin/qualfa2fq.pl
/usr/bin/xa2multi.pl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/63fcc0428a04617c8c921ae9428f90e4505f08
/usr/share/bwa/bwakit
/usr/share/bwa/bwakit/README.md
/usr/share/bwa/bwakit/bwa-postalt.js
/usr/share/bwa/bwakit/run-HLA
/usr/share/bwa/bwakit/run-bwamem
/usr/share/bwa/bwakit/run-gen-ref
/usr/share/bwa/bwakit/typeHLA-selctg.js
/usr/share/bwa/bwakit/typeHLA.js
/usr/share/bwa/bwakit/typeHLA.sh
/usr/share/doc/bwa
/usr/share/doc/bwa/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/bwa/NEWS.md
/usr/share/doc/bwa/README-alt.md
/usr/share/doc/bwa/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/bwa.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bwa on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.