How To Install beast-mcmc on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install beast-mcmc on Kali Linux.
What is beast-mcmc
BEAST is a cross-platform program for Bayesian MCMC analysis of molecular sequences. It is entirely orientated towards rooted, time-measured phylogenies inferred using strict or relaxed molecular clock models. It can be used as a method of reconstructing phylogenies but is also a framework for testing evolutionary hypotheses without conditioning on a single tree topology. BEAST uses MCMC to average over tree space, so that each tree is weighted proportional to its posterior probability. Included is a simple to use user-interface program for setting up standard analyses and a suit of programs for analysing the results.
There are three ways to install beast-mcmc on Kali Linux . We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install beast-mcmc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install beast-mcmc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install beast-mcmc
Install beast-mcmc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install beast-mcmc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install beast-mcmc
Install beast-mcmc 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 Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install beast-mcmc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install beast-mcmc
How To Uninstall beast-mcmc on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the beast-mcmc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove beast-mcmc
Uninstall beast-mcmc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall beast-mcmc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove beast-mcmc
Remove beast-mcmc Configurations and Data
To remove beast-mcmc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge beast-mcmc
Remove beast-mcmc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove beast-mcmc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge beast-mcmc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install beast-mcmc using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.