How To Install phylip on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install phylip on Kali Linux.

What is phylip

phylip is:

The PHYLogeny Inference Package is a package of programs for inferring phylogenies (evolutionary trees) from sequences. Methods that are available in the package include parsimony, distance matrix, and likelihood methods, including bootstrapping and consensus trees. Data types that can be handled include molecular sequences, gene frequencies, restriction sites, distance matrices, and 0/1 discrete characters.

There are three methods to install phylip 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 phylip Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install phylip

Install phylip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install phylip

Install phylip Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux 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 phylip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phylip

How To Uninstall phylip on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove phylip

Uninstall phylip And Its Dependencies

To uninstall phylip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phylip

Remove phylip Configurations and Data

To remove phylip configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge phylip

Remove phylip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phylip

Dependencies

phylip have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• phylip website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install phylip package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.