Here is what I did to install BowTie on Nargis. This is easier to install.
0. My user path is `~/bin`, in your case, it could be different.
1. Downloading bowtie using wget, and unzip it. (Mind the architecture, Since cluster is 64bit, I am download x86_64.zip file, otherwise it would be either i686 or i383).
$ wget
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bowtie-bio/bowtie2/2.2.5/bowtie2-2.2.5-linux-x86_64.zip--2015-05-12 09:58:46--
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bowtie-bio/bowtie2/2.2.5/bowtie2-2.2.5-linux-x86_64.zipResolving proxy.ncbs.res.in... 192.168.0.4
Connecting to
proxy.ncbs.res.in|192.168.0.4|:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location:
http://softlayer-sng.dl.sourceforge.net/project/bowtie-bio/bowtie2/2.2.5/bowtie2-2.2.5-linux-x86_64.zip [following]
--2015-05-12 09:58:47--
http://softlayer-sng.dl.sourceforge.net/project/bowtie-bio/bowtie2/2.2.5/bowtie2-2.2.5-linux-x86_64.zipConnecting to
proxy.ncbs.res.in|192.168.0.4|:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 26413746 (25M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: "bowtie2-2.2.5-linux-x86_64.zip"
100%[=============>] 26,413,746 46.1M/s in 0.5s
2015-05-12 09:58:48 (46.1 MB/s) - "bowtie2-2.2.5-linux-x86_64.zip" saved [26413746/26413746]
Unzipping it to one of your path e.g. $HOME/bin
$ unzip bowtie2-2.2.5-linux-x86_64.zip -d ~/bin
Archive: bowtie2-2.2.5-linux-x86_64.zip
creating: /home/dilawar/bin/bowtie2-2.2.5/
inflating: /home/dilawar/bin/bowtie2-2.2.5/AUTHORS
inflating: /home/dilawar/bin/bowtie2-2.2.5/bowtie2
inflating: /home/dilawar/bin/bowtie2-2.2.5/bowtie2-align-l
inflating: /home/dilawar/bin/bowtie2-2.2.5/bowtie2-align-l-debug
inflating: /home/dilawar/bin/bowtie2-2.2.5/bowtie2-align-s
inflating: /home/dilawar/bin/bowtie2-2.2.5/bowtie2-align-s-debug
inflating: /home/dilawar/bin/bowtie2-2.2.5/bowtie2-build
inflating: /home/dilawar/bin/bowtie2-2.2.5/bowtie2-build-l
inflating: /home/dilawar/bin/bowtie2-2.2.5/bowtie2-build-l-debug
inflating: /home/dilawar/bin/bowtie2-2.2.5/bowtie2-build-s
inflating: /home/dilawar/bin/bowtie2-2.2.5/bowtie2-build-s-debug
inflating: /home/dilawar/bin/bowtie2-2.2.5/bowtie2-inspect
inflating: /home/dilawar/bin/bowtie2-2.2.5/bowtie2-inspect-l
inflating: /home
.....
4. Next just check that `~/bin/bowtie2-2.2.5` is in your $PATH. If not, in ~/.bashrc file add the following line, (mind the spelling, open the file in gedit).
Last command should give you a specific path. `bowties2` is installed on Nargis.