How to Install and Uninstall bcftools Package on openSUSE Leap

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "bcftools" package

Please follow the instructions below to install bcftools on openSUSE Leap


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                bcftools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bcftools" package

Learn how to uninstall bcftools on openSUSE Leap:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                bcftools
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bcftools package on openSUSE Leap

Information for package bcftools:
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Repository : Main Repository
Name : bcftools
Version : 1.16-bp155.1.5
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 2.3 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : bcftools-1.16-bp155.1.5.src
Upstream URL : http://www.htslib.org/
Summary : Tools for manipulating variant calls in the Variant Call Format (VCF)
Description :
Package for the new BCFtools: a set of utilities that manipulate variant calls in the Variant Call Format (VCF)
and its binary counterpart BCF. It contains all the "vcf..." commands which previously lived in the HTSlib
repository (such as vcfcheck, vcfmerge, vcfisec, etc.) and the samtools BCF calling from bcftools subdirectory
of samtools. BCFtools are meant as a faster replacement for most of the perl VCFtools commands.