Install vcftools

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.