Information about the package, vcftools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The vcftools package is designed for, VCF file manipulation tools.
Package Name:
vcftools
Summary:
VCF file manipulation tools
Description:
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.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.1.11
Release:
1.el6
Size:
377 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3
Control the vcftools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install vcftools
This command will install vcftools on the server.
yum remove vcftools
This command will un-install vcftools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vcftools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove vcftools
This command will un-install vcftools 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 vcftools when using the -y flag.
yum update vcftools
This command will update vcftools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vcftools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update vcftools
This command will update vcftools 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 vcftools when using the -y flag.
yum info vcftools
This command will show you core information about the vcftools package.
yum deplist vcftools
This command will show you the dependencies for vcftools. 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 vcftools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on vcftools. 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.