How to Install and Uninstall vcftools Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "vcftools" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install vcftools on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "vcftools" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall vcftools on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                vcftools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the vcftools package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: vcftools
Version: 0.1.16-1
Installed-Size: 1425
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.6), perl
Recommends: tabix
Description: Collection of tools to work with VCF files
Description-md5: 3179ec0db39e479129b6ddfca3efc506
Homepage: https://vcftools.github.io/
Tag: role::program
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/vcftools/vcftools_0.1.16-1_amd64.deb
Size: 450448
MD5sum: 593da2baf14bcad6cfca96f7c3de8676
SHA256: a258a7f8fbc9a0cd4448ab315ae298bb68b2d00a21c53b93ede92b3e8b859f00