How To Install htslib-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install htslib-tools in Fedora 36. htslib-tools is Additional htslib-based tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install htslib-tools on Fedora 36.

What is htslib-tools

Includes the popular tabix indexer, which creates both .tbi and .csi formats, the htsfile identifier tool, and the bgzip compression utility.

We can use yum or dnf to install htslib-tools on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install htslib-tools.

Install htslib-tools on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install htslib-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install htslib-tools

Install htslib-tools on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install htslib-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install htslib-tools

How To Uninstall htslib-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the htslib-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove htslib-tools

htslib-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/bgzip
/usr/bin/htsfile
/usr/bin/tabix
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/1e6984153c6fb104fb21831e114e41386b8588
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/2f3611bc3bfd545d5bcccb3439d40531de845f
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/4f0eb0badfdd2f74f0652580649229e2add7bc
/usr/share/man/man1/bgzip.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/htsfile.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tabix.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install htslib-tools on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).