Windows binary (32 bits)
Linux binary (32 bits)
Before running VIP, make sure that your system provides GTK+ 2 support. Windows users can download the GTK runtime library here. If you have a problem with this GTK runtime, try this one (hat tip to Jonathan Liria)! Linux users, can download the GTK-bin library from their preferred repository, systems based on Gnome desktop system (such as Ubuntu or Debian) have the GTK library already included.
If you want to compile VIP, make sure you have the latest version of GTK-dev library (available here, Linux users can download from their preferred repository). Appart from the basic GTK libraries, Windows users must include the following libraries: gdk-win32.lib, gdk_pixbux.lib and pango.lib.
If you are a TNT user, you can save your tree to be read into VIP using this macro. The parameter asking for the script is the tree to be saved; if no tree is provided, it uses the tree 0. The results are saved as tree.xml.
Please cite VIP when using the program in your own work. The suggested citation is:
Arias, J. S. 2010. VIP: Vicariance Inference Program, Software and documentation published by the author. Available at: http://www.zmuc.dk/public/phylogeny/vip.
Also, do not forget to cite the main method description [1], and Hovenkamp's papers [2],[3]. Several features are based on other people's research, and they must be recognized if you use them: [4],[5],[6].
[1] Arias, J.S., Szumik, C.A., Goloboff, P.A. In press. Spatial analysis of vicariance: A method for using direct geographical information in historical biogeography. Cladistics. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00353.x.
[2] Hovenkamp, P. 1997. Vicariance events, not areas, should be used in biogeographical analysis. Cladistics 13: 67. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00241.x.
[3] Hovenkamp, P. 2001. A direct method for the analysis of vicariance patterns. Cladistics 17: 260. DOI: 10.1006/clad.2001.0176.
[4] Page, R.D.M. 1994. Parallel phylogenies: Reconstructing the history of host-parasite assemblages. Cladistics 10: 155. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1994.tb00170.x.
[5] Hunn, C.A., Upchurch, P. 1978. The importance of time/space in diagnosing the causality of phylogenetic events: Towards a 'chronobiogeographical' paradigm? Systematic Biology 50: 391. DOI:10.1093/sysbio/50.3.391.
[6] Bremer, K. 1988. The limits of amino-acid sequence data in angiosperm phylogenetic reconstruction. Evolution 42: 795-803. JSTOR: 2498870.