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How to uninstall bcftools 0.1.19 from ubuntu 14.04

Hi, I try to uninstall the old version bcftools 0.1.19 from ubuntu 14.04 and install the newer version.

Try"sudo apt-get remove bcftools", but the result is "E: Unable to locate package bcftools".

I know the bcftools 0.1.19 is in /usr/bin/bcftools by run "whcih bcftools".

So how to uninstall the old bcftools?

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updated by Santosh Anand Santosh Anand • written by Joe • Joe

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"sudo apt-get remove bcftools"

This is a way to uninstall Linux packages and bcftools is not a Linux package

You can just rename the old bcftools to something like "bcftools_0.1.19" rather than removing it. This way, you can use it in future if needed.

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written by Santosh Anand Santosh Anand

That a very good suggestion, so how to rename to bcftools_0.1.19?

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written by Joe • Joe

Something like. sudo mv bcftool_0.1.19/bcftools bcftool_0.1.19/bcftools_OLD

If you are new to unix the I suggest spending a few hours here. Best investment in time you will ever do.

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written by GenoMax GenoMax

If this answer was helpful you should upvote it, if the answer resolved your question you should mark it as accepted.

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written by WouterDeCoster WouterDeCoster

Indeed, there is no bcftools package for Ubuntu versions lower than 16.04. If a bcftools command is available, then it probably comes from a patch such as /usr/local/bin/ or ~/bin/ , unless a third-party binary package was installed. Joe, the command which bcftools will indicate the program's location, and then you can take action as suggested by Santosh and genomax2.

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written by Charles Plessy Charles Plessy

Thank you very much! Problem solved.

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