Installing Samtools

Procedure

1. Download the Samtools installation package samtools-1.10.tar.bz2.

   https://github.com/samtools/samtools/releases/download/1.10/samtools-1.10.tar.bz2

2. Install the dependencies.

   yum install -y bzip2 bzip2-devel ncurses ncurses-devel xz xz-devel libcurl libcurl-devel zlib zlib-devel

3. Decompress the installation package and go to the directory generated after the decompression.

   tar -jxvf samtools-1.10.tar.bz2
   cd samtools-1.10

4. Perform the compilation and installation.

   ./configure
   make && make install

5. View the version information.

   samtools --version

   If the correct version is displayed, the installation is successful.