How to Install and Uninstall bcftools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 17,2024

You can also install and uninstall the bcftools on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bcftools" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install bcftools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall bcftools on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bcftools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bcftools
Version: 1.16-1
Installed-Size: 2423
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libhts3 (>= 1.16)
Recommends: perl
Suggests: python3, python3-numpy, python3-matplotlib, texlive-latex-recommended
Description: genomic variant calling and manipulation of VCF/BCF files
Description-md5: 2de6efc9fd60536b3eed1acdf68063bd
Homepage: https://samtools.github.io/bcftools/
Tag: implemented-in::c, role::program
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bcftools/bcftools_1.16-1_amd64.deb
Size: 692188
MD5sum: 43f2a7e1906a51f1f67be2b45bb79719
SHA256: d6ae8a3e98b601014bfca11184a3b8da1c9a3c003967b71655da8ef7b8d5edf1