How To Install bppsuite on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bppsuite on Ubuntu 22.04. bppsuite is Bio++ program suite

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bppsuite on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is bppsuite

bppsuite is:

The Bio++ Program Suite is a package of programs using the Bio++ libraries and dedicated to Phylogenetics and Molecular Evolution. All programs are independent, but can be combined to perform rather complex analyses. These programs use the interface helper tools of the libraries, and hence share the same syntax. They also have several options in common, which may also be shared by third-party software.

The following programs are included:

  • BppML for maximum likelihood analysis,
  • BppSeqGen for sequences simulation,
  • BppAncestor for ancestral states reconstruction,
  • BppDist for distance methods,
  • BppPars for parsimony analysis,
  • BppSeqMan for file conversion and sequence manipulation,
  • BppConsense for building consensus tree and computing bootstrap values,
  • BppReRoot for tree rerooting.
  • BppTreeDraw for tree drawing.
  • BppAlnScore for comparing alignments and computing alignment scores.
  • BppMixedLikelihoods for computing site per site likelihoods of components of mixture models.
  • BppPopGen for population genetics analyses.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bppsuite

Install bppsuite Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bppsuite

Install bppsuite 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 bppsuite using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bppsuite

How To Uninstall bppsuite on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove bppsuite

Uninstall bppsuite And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bppsuite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bppsuite

Remove bppsuite Configurations and Data

To remove bppsuite configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bppsuite

Remove bppsuite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bppsuite

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bppsuite package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.