How To Install vcftools on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vcftools on CentOS 8.
What is vcftools
A program package designed for working with VCF files, such as those generated by the 1000 Genomes Project. The aim of VCFtools is to provide methods for working with VCF files comparing and calculate some basic population genetic statistics.
We can use yum or dnf to install vcftools on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vcftools.
Install vcftools on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install vcftools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install vcftools
Install vcftools on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install vcftools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install vcftools
How To Uninstall vcftools on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the vcftools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove vcftools
vcftools Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/fill-aa
/usr/bin/fill-an-ac
/usr/bin/fill-fs
/usr/bin/fill-ref-md5
/usr/bin/vcf-annotate
/usr/bin/vcf-compare
/usr/bin/vcf-concat
/usr/bin/vcf-consensus
/usr/bin/vcf-contrast
/usr/bin/vcf-convert
/usr/bin/vcf-fix-newlines
/usr/bin/vcf-fix-ploidy
/usr/bin/vcf-indel-stats
/usr/bin/vcf-isec
/usr/bin/vcf-merge
/usr/bin/vcf-phased-join
/usr/bin/vcf-query
/usr/bin/vcf-shuffle-cols
/usr/bin/vcf-sort
/usr/bin/vcf-stats
/usr/bin/vcf-subset
/usr/bin/vcf-to-tab
/usr/bin/vcf-tstv
/usr/bin/vcf-validator
/usr/bin/vcftools
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/31559bbc85d68f20084ba5c0b4773a97faccc0
/usr/share/doc/vcftools
/usr/share/doc/vcftools/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/vcftools
/usr/share/licenses/vcftools/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/vcftools.1.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/FaSlice.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Vcf.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/VcfStats.pm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vcftools on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.