How to Install and Uninstall bcftools.x86_64 Package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: February 05,2025

1. Install "bcftools.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install bcftools.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                bcftools.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bcftools.x86_64" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall bcftools.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bcftools.x86_64 package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

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Available Packages
Name : bcftools
Version : 1.9
Release : 3.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 640 k
Source : bcftools-1.9-3.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : Tools for genomic variant calling and manipulating VCF/BCF files
URL : https://www.htslib.org/
License : GPLv3+
Description : BCFtools is a set of utilities that manipulate genomic 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.
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: (This BCFtools includes the polysomy subcommand, which is implemented using
: the GNU Scientific Library. Hence this package is licensed according to the
: GNU General Public License, rather than the MIT license used when BCFtools
: is built without the polysomy subcommand.)