How to Install and Uninstall vcftools Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "vcftools" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install vcftools on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall vcftools on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                vcftools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the vcftools package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: vcftools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.1.16-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/science
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1694
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 9), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.6), perl:any
Recommends: tabix
Filename: pool/universe/v/vcftools/vcftools_0.1.16-2_amd64.deb
Size: 424172
MD5sum: b60b40602a7a945513e335f64e0e92c2
SHA1: ae7daf40905af491915688a329308a35063aec69
SHA256: 76d9ba045f0864875cd96065e2ab048d158d2822836085289f826f515d1cea3e
SHA512: 05e622afe30a0b441eb0b1b0a16e72e69c66ed82ba034265dddcf4823e2c44b1d20d484e8f8be3dc37e79e5d3e9b6eee3dd63386266ca03aac429c504c2d107f
Homepage: https://vcftools.github.io/
Description-en: Collection of tools to work with VCF files
VCFtools is a program package designed for working with VCF files, such as
those generated by the 1000 Genomes Project. The aim of VCFtools is to
provide methods for working with VCF files: validating, merging, comparing
and calculate some basic population genetic statistics.
Description-md5: 3179ec0db39e479129b6ddfca3efc506