Steps to download and install BLAST

  • Visit the URL: ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/blast/executables/release/.
  • Click on ‘LATEST’ to get the latest version of BLAST.
  • Right click on the version and ‘Copy link address’.
  • On the server, type wget and paste the url

$ wget ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/executables/release/release/2.2.24/blast-2.2.24-x64-linux.tar.gz $ tar zxvf blast-2.2.24-x64-linux.tar.gz $ cd blast-2.2.24/bin $ ls bl2seq blastall blastclust blastpgp copymat fastacmd formatdb formatrpsdb impala makemat megablast rpsblast seedtop