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bowtie2 not found even if it is installed

Hi,

I have bowtie2 installed on my ubuntu and when I try to map my reads with TopHat it says

bowtie 2 not found, checking for older version

What can be the source of the issue?

Thanks!

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written by Parham Parham

Is it in your PATH? Presumably not.

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