How To Install vcftools on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vcftools
on CentOS 7.
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 merging, comparing and calculate some basic population genetic statistics.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install vcftools
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vcftools.
Install vcftools on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install vcftools
using yum
by running the following command:
Install vcftools on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install vcftools
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall vcftools on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the vcftools
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vcftools
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.