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.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install vcftools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install vcftools
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.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install vcftools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install vcftools
How To Uninstall vcftools on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the vcftools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove vcftools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vcftools on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
