How to Install and Uninstall bgzip Package on openSUSE Leap

Last updated: July 07,2024

1. Install "bgzip" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install bgzip on openSUSE Leap


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall bgzip on openSUSE Leap:


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

Information for package bgzip:
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Repository : Main Repository
Name : bgzip
Version : 1.16-bp155.1.9
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 637.0 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : libhts-1.16-bp155.1.9.src
Upstream URL : https://github.com/samtools/htslib/
Summary : Block compression/decompression utility from the HTSlib project
Description :
HTSlib is an implementation of a unified C library for accessing common file formats, such as
SAM, CRAM and VCF, used for high-throughput sequencing data, and is the core library used by
samtools and bcftools.
HTSlib implements a generalized BAM index, with file extension .csi (coordinate-sorted index).
The HTSlib file reader first looks for the new index and then for the old if the new index is absent.
This project also includes the popular tabix indexer, which indexes both .tbi and .csi formats, and
the bgzip compression utility.