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RAxML

RAxML, Randomized Axelerated Maximum Likelihood, can be used for maximum likelihood-based phylogenetic analyses. The bundle packages version 8.2.13.

Usage example

The following command can be executed in the terminal to load the bundle:

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module load raxml

The RAxML commands can be run as shown below:

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raxmlHPC
raxmlHPC-PTHREADS
raxmlHPC-PTHREADS-SSE3
raxmlHPC-AVX2
raxmlHPC-PTHREADS-AVX2
raxmlHPC-SSE3

The raxml_shell command can be used to access a shell in the bundle.

Performance notes

No performance notes available

No recommended resources available

Benchmarks

No benchmarks available.

Community guides and tutorials

  • No community guides available.

Official site and documentation

Licensing information

RAxML is licensed under the GPL3 license.

Primary citation

A. Stamatakis: "RAxML Version 8: A tool for Phylogenetic Analysis and Post-Analysis of Large Phylogenies". In Bioinformatics, 2014. doi

External guides and resources

  • If you know of a guide/tutorial that you have found useful, please help us share it by contacting the HPC staff at hpc@ufs.ac.za