BEAST 2 is a cross-platform program for Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of molecular sequences.
BEAST 2 is a complete re-write from the original BEAST. See the feature comparison table for more information.
See which versions of beast2 are available:
$ module avail beast2
Load one version into your environment and run it:
$ module load beast2/2.6.4 $ beast -h
Note: Please use the threads option to limit the number of threads launched by BEAST2 to be the same amount as in your SLURM sbatch request. See the documentation for more information.
Notes from the sysadmin during installation:
$ cd /tmp $ wget https://github.com/CompEvol/beast2/releases/download/v2.6.4/BEAST.v2.6.4.Linux.tgz $ tar xf BEAST.v2.6.4.Linux.tgz $ sudo cp -r beast /export/apps/beast2/2.6.4