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Blast2 Vs Ncbi-Blast+

In my debian testing system I have two blast packages:

ncbi-blast+ 2.2.25-7 with homepage http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/IEB/ToolBox/CPP_DOC/

and

blast2 1:2.2.25.20110713-3 with homepage http://www.ncbi.nih.gov/BLAST/

What is the difference between them? Which one is more recent?

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updated by sklages sklages • written by Iakov Davydov • Iakov Davydov

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Have a look at Download BLAST Software and Databases and BLAST+: architecture and applications

cheers, Sven

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Ok, so ncbi-blast+ is the most recent version. And it is recommended to use it. Is this correct?

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