How To Install bcftools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcftools on Kali Linux. bcftools is genomic variant calling and manipulation of VCF/BCF files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcftools on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bcftools

Remove bcftools Configurations and Data

To remove bcftools configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.