How To Install vcftools on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vcftools on Fedora 34.
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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vcftools.
Install vcftools on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34
To uninstall only the vcftools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove vcftools
vcftools Package Contents on Fedora 34
/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/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/9cb54e610cad9e1f7c255c0f5ed654eae2d9ec
/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
