# VCFtools

A set of tools written in Perl and C++ for working with [VCF files](https://samtools.github.io/hts-specs/VCFv4.2.pdf), such as those generated by the
[1000 Genomes Project](http://www.1000genomes.org/).

Project website: https://vcftools.github.io/

License
-------

The program package is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0
(LGPLv3). See the `LICENSE` file for the complete LGPL license text.

Credits
-------

- Adam Auton (Binary Executable)
- Petr Danecek (Perl Module)
- Anthony Marcketta (Binary Executable)

Building VCFtools
-----------------

General help about the building process's configuration step can be acquired via:

```
./configure --help
```

### Build from Release Tarball

```
./configure
make
make install
```
You many need `sudo` permissions to run `make install`.

### Build from GitHub

```
git clone https://github.com/vcftools/vcftools.git
cd vcftools
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
make install
```
You many need `sudo` permissions to run `make install`.

Documentation
-------------

Documentation and usage examples can be found here:

https://vcftools.github.io/examples.html

A manual page is also available. If prefix is set to `/usr` or if `MANPATH` points to
`$prefix/share/man`, you can access the manual page via:

```
man vcftools
```

Getting Help
------------

The best way to get help regarding VCFtools is to email the mailing list:

vcftools-help@lists.sourceforge.net

Citation
--------

If you make use of VCFtools in your research, we would appreciate a citation of the following paper:

> **The Variant Call Format and VCFtools**, Petr Danecek, Adam Auton, Goncalo Abecasis, Cornelis
> A. Albers, Eric Banks, Mark A. DePristo, Robert Handsaker, Gerton Lunter, Gabor Marth, Stephen
> T. Sherry, Gilean McVean, Richard Durbin and 1000 Genomes Project Analysis Group,
> **Bioinformatics**, 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btr330
