How to Install blast2 software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

How to Install blast2 software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

blast2 software package provides Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) 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 Debian 9 stretch
Section Science
Package blast2
Version 1:2.2.26.20120620-12
Description Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
Sub Section Science


See Also, How to uninstall or remove blast2 software package from Debian 9 (Stretch)?