How To Install bcftools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bcftools on Debian 9.
What is bcftools
bcftools is:
BCFtools is a set of utilities that manipulate variant calls in the Variant Call Format (VCF) and its binary counterpart BCF. All commands work transparently with both VCFs and BCFs, both uncompressed and BGZF-compressed.
There are three methods to install bcftools on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bcftools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bcftools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bcftools
Install bcftools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bcftools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bcftools
Install bcftools Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bcftools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bcftools
How To Uninstall bcftools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bcftools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bcftools
Uninstall bcftools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bcftools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bcftools
Remove bcftools Configurations and Data
To remove bcftools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bcftools
Remove bcftools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bcftools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bcftools
Dependencies
bcftools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bcftools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.