Information about the package, BEDTools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The BEDTools package is designed for, A flexible suite of utilities for comparing genomic features.
Package Name:
BEDTools
Summary:
A flexible suite of utilities for comparing genomic features
Description:
The BEDTools utilities allow one to address common genomics tasks such as finding feature overlaps and computing coverage. The utilities are largely based on four widely-used file formats: BED, GFF/GTF, VCF, and SAM/BAM. Using BEDTools, one can develop sophisticated pipelines that answer complicated research questions by "streaming" several BEDTools together.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.15.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
1.0 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the BEDTools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install BEDTools
This command will install BEDTools on the server.
yum remove BEDTools
This command will un-install BEDTools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove BEDTools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove BEDTools
This command will un-install BEDTools on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove BEDTools when using the -y flag.
yum update BEDTools
This command will update BEDTools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove BEDTools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update BEDTools
This command will update BEDTools to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove BEDTools when using the -y flag.
yum info BEDTools
This command will show you core information about the BEDTools package.
yum deplist BEDTools
This command will show you the dependencies for BEDTools. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update BEDTools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on BEDTools. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.