---
name: "Bio::Roary::External::Makeblastdb"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "roary"
version: "3.13.0+dfsg-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Bio::Roary::External::Makeblastdb"
---

# Bio::Roary::External::Makeblastdb(3pm)

Wrapper around NCBIs makeblastdb command

## NAME

Bio::Roary::External::Makeblastdb - Wrapper around NCBIs makeblastdb command

## VERSION

version 3.13.0

## SYNOPSIS

Take in a fasta file and create a temporary blast database.

```
   use Bio::Roary::External::Makeblastdb;

   my $blast_database= Bio::Roary::External::Makeblastdb->new(
     fasta_file => 'contigs.fa',
     exec       => 'makeblastdb'
   );

   $blast_database->run();
```

## METHODS

### output\_database

Returns the path to the temporary blast database files

## AUTHOR

Andrew J. Page \<ap13@sanger.ac.uk\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2013 by Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

This is free software, licensed under:

```
  The GNU General Public License, Version 3, June 2007
```