VCFtools is a program package designed for working with VCF files, such as those generated by the 1000 Genomes Project.

• Latest Version: 0.1.16
• Added: December, 2012
• Updated: March, 2021
• Link: https://vcftools.github.io/

See which versions of VCFtools are available:

$ module avail vcftools

Load one version into your environment:

$ module load vcftools/0.1.16

Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://github.com/vcftools/vcftools/releases/download/v0.1.16/vcftools-0.1.16.tar.gz
$ tar xf vcftools-0.1.16.tar.gz 
$ cd vcftools-0.1.16
$ ./configure --prefix=/export/apps/vcftools/0.1.16
$ make -j4
$ sudo mkdir /export/apps/vcftools/0.1.16
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/vcftools/0.1.16
$ make install
$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/vcftools/0.1.16