How To Install vcftools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install vcftools on Rocky Linux 8. vcftools is VCF file manipulation tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vcftools on Rocky Linux 8.

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 comparing and calculate some basic population genetic statistics.

We can use yum or dnf to install vcftools on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vcftools.

Install vcftools 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 vcftools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vcftools

Install vcftools 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 vcftools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vcftools

How To Uninstall vcftools on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the vcftools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vcftools

vcftools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/fill-aa
/usr/bin/fill-an-ac
/usr/bin/fill-fs
/usr/bin/fill-ref-md5
/usr/bin/vcf-annotate
/usr/bin/vcf-compare
/usr/bin/vcf-concat
/usr/bin/vcf-consensus
/usr/bin/vcf-contrast
/usr/bin/vcf-convert
/usr/bin/vcf-fix-newlines
/usr/bin/vcf-fix-ploidy
/usr/bin/vcf-indel-stats
/usr/bin/vcf-isec
/usr/bin/vcf-merge
/usr/bin/vcf-phased-join
/usr/bin/vcf-query
/usr/bin/vcf-shuffle-cols
/usr/bin/vcf-sort
/usr/bin/vcf-stats
/usr/bin/vcf-subset
/usr/bin/vcf-to-tab
/usr/bin/vcf-tstv
/usr/bin/vcf-validator
/usr/bin/vcftools
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/31559bbc85d68f20084ba5c0b4773a97faccc0
/usr/share/doc/vcftools
/usr/share/doc/vcftools/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/vcftools
/usr/share/licenses/vcftools/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/vcftools.1.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/FaSlice.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Vcf.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/VcfStats.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vcftools on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.