How To Install vcflength on Kali Linux

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install libvcflib-tools

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is vcflength and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Kali Linux. This guide was written specifically with a server running Kali Linux in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install vcflength on Kali Linux. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install vcflength using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install vcflength using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvcflib-tools

Install vcflength using apt

Because vcflength is available in Kali Linux’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install vcflength using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvcflib-tools

Install vcflength using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install vcflength by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvcflib-tools

How to upgrade (update) a single package vcflength using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the vcflength, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install libvcflib-tools

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install libvcflib-tools

How To Uninstall vcflength from Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vcflength package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvcflib-tools

Uninstall vcflength and all its dependencies

To uninstall vcflength and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvcflib-tools

Remove vcflength with all configurations and data

To remove vcflength configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvcflib-tools

Remove vcflength completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to vcflength package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvcflib-tools

Extra info and code examples

The Variant Call Format (VCF) is a flat-file, tab-delimited textual format intended to concisely describe reference-indexed variations between individuals. VCF provides a common interchange format for the description of variation in individuals and populations of samples, and has become the defacto standard reporting format for a wide array of genomic variant detectors. vcflib provides methods to manipulate and interpret sequence variation as it can be described by VCF. It is both: * an API for parsing and operating on records of genomic variation as it can be described by the VCF format, * and a collection of command-line utilities for executing complex manipulations on VCF files. This package contains several tools using the library.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install vcflength using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the vcflength from Kali Linux.

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