How to Install and Uninstall bcftools Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "bcftools" package

Learn how to install bcftools on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall bcftools on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: bcftools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.10.2-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/science
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2183
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libhts3 (>= 1.10), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: perl
Suggests: python3, python3-numpy, python3-matplotlib, texlive-latex-recommended
Breaks: samtools (<< 1.0)
Replaces: samtools (<< 1.0)
Filename: pool/universe/b/bcftools/bcftools_1.10.2-4_amd64.deb
Size: 604308
MD5sum: 616d5bec9f36ac103b4bf381fc73af78
SHA1: 5d23989a56823df6f0df40d6c9119cc4750da874
SHA256: fdb747ad7827acd8579de8be55d1c11e16009121c7b48aa09855636896b2f103
SHA512: 2cf82d03daf233373e5f656d4762f78217f4ae80ba10c5f9d3a85a0fc11e51e8c949c7d5377540d60a10dddbcb48729fc2b4e5c2f0b53c1735b0d1183b163899
Homepage: http://samtools.github.io/bcftools/
Description-en: 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: 2de6efc9fd60536b3eed1acdf68063bd