How To Install mrbayes on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mrbayes on Debian 10.
What is mrbayes
mrbayes is:
Bayesian inference of phylogeny is based upon a quantity called the posterior probability distribution of trees, which is the probability of a tree conditioned on the observations. The conditioning is accomplished using Bayes’s theorem. The posterior probability distribution of trees is impossible to calculate analytically; instead, MrBayes uses a simulation technique called Markov chain Monte Carlo (or MCMC) to approximate the posterior probabilities of trees.
There are three methods to install mrbayes on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mrbayes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mrbayes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mrbayes
Install mrbayes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mrbayes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mrbayes
Install mrbayes 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 mrbayes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mrbayes
How To Uninstall mrbayes on Debian 10
To uninstall only the mrbayes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mrbayes
Uninstall mrbayes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mrbayes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mrbayes
Remove mrbayes Configurations and Data
To remove mrbayes configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mrbayes
Remove mrbayes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mrbayes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mrbayes
Dependencies
mrbayes have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mrbayes package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
