Install vcftools

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Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vcftools/

  1. Become super-user
    su -
  2. Go to /opt
    cd /opt
  3. Download the tar.gz
    wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/vcftools/files/vcftools_0.1.6.tar.gz/download
  4. Extract the tar.gz to /opt
    tar xvfz vcftools_0.1.6.tar.gz
  5. Compile for your system
    make
  6. cp the contents of the folder /bin to /usr/local/bin
    cp bin/* /usr/local/bin
  7. exit super-user account
    Ctrl+D
  8. try out vcf
    vcf-subset

Before you can install this nicely as described above, make sure you have the right dependencies installed on your system. For this, check the installation manual, or you can wait for the errors to appear and act accordingly.