How To Install hyphygui on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyphygui on Debian 9. hyphygui is Hypothesis testing using Phylogenies (GTK+ gui)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyphygui on Debian 9.

What is hyphygui

hyphygui is:

HyPhy is an open-source software package for the analysis of genetic sequences using techniques in phylogenetics, molecular evolution, and machine learning. It features a complete graphical user interface (GUI) and a rich scripting language for limitless customization of analyses. Additionally, HyPhy features support for parallel computing environments (via message passing interface) and it can be compiled as a shared library and called from other programming environments such as Python or R. Continued development of HyPhy is currently supported in part by an NIGMS R01 award 1R01GM093939.

This package contains the GTK+ gui.

There are three methods to install hyphygui on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hyphygui Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hyphygui using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hyphygui

Install hyphygui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hyphygui using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hyphygui

Install hyphygui Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install hyphygui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hyphygui

How To Uninstall hyphygui on Debian 9

To uninstall only the hyphygui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hyphygui

Uninstall hyphygui And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hyphygui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hyphygui

Remove hyphygui Configurations and Data

To remove hyphygui configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hyphygui

Remove hyphygui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hyphygui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hyphygui

Dependencies

hyphygui have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyphygui package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.