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beastier is an R package to run BEAST2.

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beastier is part of the babette package suite:

beautier creates BEAST2 input (.xml) files.
beastier runs BEAST2
mauricer: install BEAST2 packages
tracerer pastes BEAST2 output (.log, .trees, etc) files.

Related R packages:

beastierinstall: Install and uninstall BEAST2
beastier_on_windows: Verify that beastier works on the Windows operating system
lumier: Shiny app to help create the function call needed

Install BEAST2

Due to CRAN policy, beastier cannot install BEAST2. As a workaround, the non-CRAN beastierinstall can be used.

To install BEAST2:

remotes::install_github("richelbilderbeek/beastierinstall")
beastierinstall::install_beast2()

Example for `v2.1`

Run BEAST2:

output_state_filename <- "out.state"

run_beast2(
  input_filename = get_beastier_path("2_4.xml"),
  output_state_filename = output_state_filename
)

This will create the files as specified in the 2_4.xml BEAST2 input file.

Example for `v2.0.25`

output_log_filename <- "out.log"
output_trees_filename <- "out.trees"
output_state_filename <- "out.state"

run_beast2(
  input_filename = get_beastier_path("2_4.xml"),
  output_log_filename = output_log_filename,
  output_trees_filenames = output_trees_filename,
  output_state_filename = output_state_filename
)

Note that in this version, the filenames for the .log and .trees files could be specified. This is unneeded: the 2_4.xml BEAST2 input file specifies where these files will be stored:

<?xml [...]?><beast [...]>

[...]

<run [...]>

    [...]

    <logger id="tracelog" fileName="test_output_0.log" [...]>
        [...]
    </logger>

    [...]

    <logger id="treelog.t:[...]" fileName="$(tree).trees" [...]>
        [...]
    </logger>
</run>
</beast>

When using beautier, this can be specified in create_mcmc:

create_mcmc(
  tracelog = create_tracelog(
    filename = "my_trace.log"
  ),
  treeslog = create_treeslog(
    filename = "my_trees.trees"
  )
)

Install

See install.

FAQ

See FAQ

Missing features/unsupported

beastier cannot do everything BEAST2 can.

Remove: install BEAST2, use beastierinstall
Experimental: Continue a BEAST2 run
Untested: Setup BEAGLE

There is a feature I miss

See CONTRIBUTING, at Submitting use cases

I want to collaborate

See CONTRIBUTING, at 'Submitting code'

I think I have found a bug

See CONTRIBUTING, at 'Submitting bugs'

There's something else I want to say

Sure, just add an Issue. Or send an email.

External links

BEAST2 GitHub

Dependencies