How To Install htslib-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install htslib-tools on Rocky Linux 8. htslib-tools is Additional htslib-based tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install htslib-tools on Rocky Linux 8.

What is htslib-tools

Includes the popular tabix indexer, which indexes 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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install htslib-tools.

Install htslib-tools on Rocky Linux 8 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 Rocky Linux 8 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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove htslib-tools

htslib-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/bgzip
/usr/bin/htsfile
/usr/bin/tabix
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/8c0fbd8acf3b3ff15b9d233808223597912242
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/042fc91439c642e3bbb76fb37e5e7411c22557
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/8eb557446157be8938e2adc40eea1fcd2676ca
/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 Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.