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====== htslib ======
htslib is an implementation of a unified C library for accessing common file formats, such as SAM, CRAM and VCF, used for high-throughput sequencing data, and is the core library used by samtools and bcftools

===== Information =====

  * Latest Version: 1.17
  * Added: March, 2015
  * Updated: March, 2025
  * Link: https://github.com/samtools/htslib

===== Usage =====

See versions which are available:
<code>$ module avail htslib</code>

Load one version into your environment and run it:
<code>$ module load htslib/1.17
$ tabix
$ bgzip</code>

===== Installation ======
Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

<code>$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://github.com/samtools/htslib/releases/download/1.17/htslib-1.17.tar.bz2
$ tar xf htslib-1.17.tar.bz2
$ cd htslib-1.17
$ ./configure --enable-plugins --enable-libcurl --prefix=/export/apps/htslib/1.17
$ make
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/htslib/1.17
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/htslib/1.17
$ make install
$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/htslib/1.17</code>

Note: as of 1.17 this is compiled on CentOS Stream 8.