How To Install phylip on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install phylip on Ubuntu.
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 Ubuntu. 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 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 phylip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install phylip
How To Uninstall phylip on Ubuntu
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 Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove phylip
Remove phylip Configurations and Data
To remove phylip configuration and data from Ubuntu 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:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install phylip package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.