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Which gatk version generates VCF version 4.1

Dear all,

I want to prepare vcf file of 4.1 version. But GATK tool version 4 and above produces vcf version 4.2. Can anyone please share the link of GATK tool's version 3.8 or less. Any hep would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

vcf_v4.1 gatk

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EDIT:

It looks like a bit of a complicated process to install GATK3.8. Here is how you need to do it:

  1. Install gatk3.8 through conda: conda create -n gatk38 -c bioconda gatk then activate the env using conda activate gatk38
  2. Get the JAR file from their Google cloud archive location (Exact file: https://storage.googleapis.com/gatk-software/package-archive/gatk/GenomeAnalysisTK-3.8-1-0-gf15c1c3ef.tar.bz2) using wget https://storage.googleapis.com/gatk-software/package-archive/gatk/GenomeAnalysisTK-3.8-1-0-gf15c1c3ef.tar.bz2
  3. Register the JAR using gatk3-register /path/to/GenomeAnalysisTK-3.8-1-0-gf15c1c3ef.tar.bz2. If you did not change directories in any step, you'll basically run gatk3-register GenomeAnalysisTK-3.8-1-0-gf15c1c3ef.tar.bz2.
  4. You're all set. Run gatk3 --help to ensure gatk3 works.

Did you try searching for "GATK 3.8" on Google? The fifth result I saw was: https://github.com/broadgsa/gatk

Sorry to ask but how can I produce VCF_v4.1 after downloading it form here because this folder does not contain any gatk file.

I'm sorry, I don't understand your question.

I mean I am unable to find any gatk script from this link https://github.com/broadgsa/gatk which you send me earlier. If it has no gatk script then what is the command to generate vcf file of version 4.1 from this.

Thanks

That's the github page. You should look under releases to find software that's ready for use. Here is the 3.8-1 release, for example.

Also, you can always install gatk 3.x using conda. conda install -c bioconda gatk

EDIT: Go with the conda solution, the GitHub source code route is a pain

Thank you so much Ram, the conda solution worked for me. Thanks for your consideration.

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