[Bioperl-l] bp 1.2.3 ppm install fails

[Brian Osborne]

Scott,

> As a side note, it seems like a bad idea to force the installation of
every prereq module for bioperl

Definitely a bad idea, that's why Bioperl doesn't do this. In the CPAN
shell, for example, you can do "force install". There is also a "force
install" option in ActiveState, something like setting force-install to 1?
Please check the ActiveState documentation and tell me if I'm wrong.

A few months ago I took a look at the "required modules" list in Bioperl and
found that many of them were not supplied by ActiveState, just as you're
finding.

Brian O.

-----Original Message-----
From: bioperl-l-bounces at portal.open-bio.org
[mailto:bioperl-l-bounces at portal.open-bio.org]On Behalf Of Scott Cain
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 4:07 PM
To: bioperl-l at bioperl.org
Cc: cain at cshl.org
Subject: [Bioperl-l] bp 1.2.3 ppm install fails

Hello all,

First, thanks to the kind soul who provided the 1.2.3 version of bioperl
as a ppm.  Unfortunately, I can't seem to get it installed due to a failed
dependency.  While using AS Perl 5.8, it seems that none of the
repositories know what 'libxml-perl' is, and since it is listed as a
prerequisite in the ppd file, installation cannot continue.  Is there
somewhere special to get that from?  At the moment, I am only searching
the ActiveState and bioperl repositories.

As a side note, it seems like a bad idea to force the installation of
every prereq module for bioperl.  In my case, I have no need of
libxml-perl, but can't install bioperl for a lack of it.

Thanks,
Scott

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Scott Cain, Ph. D.                                       cain at cshl.org
GMOD Coordinator, http://www.gmod.org/                   (216)392-3087
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