How to Install and Uninstall bcftools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "bcftools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install bcftools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall bcftools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: bcftools
Priority: optional
Section: universe/science
Installed-Size: 789
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2-2
Replaces: samtools (<< 1.0)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgsl2, libhts1 (>= 1.2.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), perl
Suggests: python, python-numpy, python-matplotlib, texlive-latex-recommended
Breaks: samtools (<< 1.0)
Filename: pool/universe/b/bcftools/bcftools_1.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 274604
MD5sum: 680bf3f460775529c9abccdb53ae16c1
SHA1: 53b1cac4e4d2c81c09a2164ba8b8917630c6dec1
SHA256: 9c7434bdd8dcb93a1b603d734b9ad5d67427bf26dba74857ac2f0f6d52c8513e
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
Homepage: http://samtools.github.io/bcftools/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu