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

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "vcftools" package

Please follow the steps below to install vcftools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall vcftools 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 vcftools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: vcftools
Source: vcftools (0.1.16-3)
Version: 0.1.16-3+b1
Installed-Size: 1663
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 11), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.6), perl:any
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_0.1.16-3+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 430600
MD5sum: a427e66ba8b17011be3ad49dfa00f859
SHA256: 392a1285c1ea60f737a22230423f6dd798c888258d502df31ad9a90c88496395