[Bioperl-l] biolinux.org: bioperl rpm

[Jason Stajich]

I think this is great - we may want to get a copy so we can mirror it on
web/ftp site as well.  Hunter Matthews did a 1.0 rpm at one point I don't
know if he has plans to follow the 1.2 release as well.  There is a
specfile already developed there as a starting point though.

The biggest problem is always making sure all the dependancies are met and
the fact that some dependancies are optional (GD is only necessary if you
want to do Bio::Graphics, DBD::mysql, DBI are only necessary if you want
to do Bio::DB::GFF, LWP is only necessary if you want to do
Bio::DB::GenBank, etc).

-jason
On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Marc Logghe wrote:

> Hi all,
> A couple of friends of mine have started up www.biolinux.org (some ideas
> were presented on BOSC2002). They are offering a number of rpm packages for
> free download like e.g. emboss, sim4, phylip, ncbiblast,... The plan is to
> put on also rpm packages of Bioperl (including the gd libraries). They have
> the policy to ask for permission by the original author(s) even when it is
> open source. And that is exactly the reason for this mail: they will only
> put Bioperl on with your approval.
> I think it would be great for the community, what you ?
> Cheers,
> Marc
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Jason Stajich
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