How to Install Betanin on MXLinux Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Betanin on MXLinux Latest. Betanin is an open-source library for Bayesian inference in phylogenetics. This library is developed by Sentriz and is available for download from their GitHub repository.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed with the installation, ensure you have the following prerequisites:

  • A running instance of MXLinux Latest
  • A working internet connection
  • A user account with sudo privileges

Installation steps

Follow these steps to successfully install Betanin on your MXLinux Latest machine:

Step 1: Update System

To install Betanin successfully, we need to ensure that all our system packages are updated. To do this, run the following command in your terminal.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Install required dependencies

Betanin requires a few dependencies to operate successfully. We need to install the following packages:

  • libgsl-dev
  • libxml2-dev
  • liblapack-dev

To install the above packages, run the following commands in your terminal.

 sudo apt install libgsl-dev
sudo apt install libxml2-dev
sudo apt install liblapack-dev

Step 3: Install Betanin

To install Betanin, follow the steps below:

  1. Clone the Betanin repository from GitHub using the following command.
 git clone https://github.com/sentriz/betanin.git
  1. Change directory to the cloned Betanin folder.
cd betanin
  1. Install Betanin using the following command.
make ; sudo make install

Step 4: Verify installation

To verify the installation, we will run a simple test. Follow the steps below:

  1. Create a directory for the test and move to it.
mkdir test_betanin ; cd test_betanin
  1. Create an input file for Betanin as a newick tree string. Save this as a newick file.
(tree_file.nw)
A:1.2345,
B:2.3456,
C:3.4567;
  1. Run the following command.
betanin -i nexus -t newick -g no -p no -n 1000 -s 123 -f test -q tree_file.nw <<EOF
1
no
5.5 1.01
EOF

If the installation was successful, you should get a result output in the terminal.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we guided you through the installation of Betanin on MXLinux Latest. You can now proceed to carry out Bayesian inference in phylogenetics. If you encounter any problems during the installation process, you can visit the Betanin GitHub page for further assistance.