BWA is a software package for mapping low-divergent sequences against a large reference genome, such as the human genome.

• Latest version: 0.7.19
• Added: April, 2013
• Updated: May, 2025
• Link: https://github.com/lh3/bwa

See versions which are available:

$ module avail bwa

Load one version into your environment and run it:

$ module load bwa/0.7.19
$ bwa

Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

$ cd /tmp
$ git clone https://github.com/lh3/bwa.git -b v0.7.19
$ cd bwa
$ make
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/bwa/0.7.19/{bin,share/man/man1}
$ sudo cp bwa *.pl /export/apps/bwa/0.7.19/bin
$ sudo cp bwa.1 /export/apps/bwa/0.7.19/share/man/man1
$ sudo cp -rv bwakit/ /export/apps/bwa/0.7.19