How To Install paml on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install paml on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is paml
paml is:
PAML is a package of programs for phylogenetic analyses of DNA or protein sequences using maximum likelihood. PAML is not good for tree making. It may be used to estimate parameters and test hypotheses to study the evolutionary process, when you have reconstructed trees using other programs such as PAUP*, PHYLIP, MOLPHY, PhyML, RaxML, etc.
There are three methods to install paml on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install paml Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install paml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install paml
Install paml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install paml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install paml
Install paml 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install paml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install paml
How To Uninstall paml on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the paml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove paml
Uninstall paml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall paml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove paml
Remove paml Configurations and Data
To remove paml configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge paml
Remove paml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove paml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge paml
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install paml package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
