How to Install and Uninstall bcftools Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "bcftools" package

Learn how to install bcftools on Kali Linux


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall bcftools on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bcftools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bcftools package on Kali Linux

Package: bcftools
Version: 1.19-1
Installed-Size: 2562
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libhts3 (>= 1.17)
Recommends: perl
Suggests: python3, python3-numpy, python3-matplotlib, texlive-latex-recommended
Size: 738324
SHA256: 134c7409c94e4a198e3de8d5f923a1657ee8440151b86b65a0d012218b2b4dfb
SHA1: f84ecc0647e3efa395332b10526a78ac152e4dee
MD5sum: 021a298dc099daf282398ac8fa44d139
Description: genomic variant calling and manipulation of VCF/BCF files
BCFtools is a set of utilities that manipulate 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.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://samtools.github.io/bcftools/
Tag: implemented-in::c, role::program
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bcftools/bcftools_1.19-1_amd64.deb