[Bioperl-l] help (fwd)

[Stefan Kirov]

Use the ActiveState Perl PPM3:
(MS-DOS console):

C:\ppm3

PPM>repository add Bioperl http://bioperl.org/DIST/

PPM>search bioperl

PPM>install <bioperl package number>

(for example install 1).
This should be in the documentation somewhere I believe- read carefully 
again.

Jason Stajich wrote:

>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 18:47:46 +0200
>From: "[iso-8859-1] Antonio Ramos Fernández" <tniram at hotmail.com>
>Subject: help
>
>Help ! Help please !
>
>Sorry about this question (it could seem some silly)  but I have some doubts
>about bioperl installation and I don’t know anybody who could help me (I’ve
>read the installation info at README, INSTALL, INSTALL_WIN, and bptutorial
>core documentation files, but i think it’s not clear enough for me). I have
>downloaded the zip-compressed 1.2.3 bioperl release, and my Win98 has the
>5.8.0 Activestate Perl binary distribution installed. I have unzipped the
>file and the directory tree is intact. I guess I have to move the “Bio”
>folder to c:\perl\lib (I’ve read in INSTALL_WIN that the other stuff is
>useful but not recommended to install). To install it, I understand I have
>to execute the makefile.pl script, but if i move it out its original folder
>it gives error messages about “tests”. If I move the full content of the
>zip.file (decompressed) ot the c:\perl\lib folder makefile.pl runs and
>prints info about external module requirements for some of the bioperl
>modules (and does not seem to do anythhing else). It also prints:
>
>Enjoy the rest of bioperl, which you can use after going 'make install'
>Writing Makefile for Bio
>
>I dont’ understand the steps I have to follow to install bioperl. MS-DOS
>does not recognise these commands (I refer to the three steps make- make
>install-make tests) and makefile.pl does not run without other files in the
>zip “root directory”. I don’t know what I have to do exactly with the zip
>content. I don’t remember all the command combinations and folders I’ve
>tested, but I’ve noticed I don’t know what the hell I’m doing. I think three
>new files have appeared in the perl\lib folder after running makefile.pl:
>”bioperl.conf”,  “makefile” and “&1” (have I to erase them to try again?
>-I’ve removed the bio folder from perl\lib after getting tired of all this).
>Perl only notices the presence o specific modules when I include in my
>scripts the statement [ use lib ‘c:\perl\lib\bio\module_name’;   ], but I
>don’t think this is the best way to use the modules. Sorry, I started with
>perl some months ago and I’m not a skilled programmer (and I have never been
>the best friend of my computer). Buff!!! I know I need a makefile utility
>(¿makefile.pl?), but I don’t know what exactly it is and how does it work.
>Thanks a lot if you can help me. Sorry for possible disturbances/time
>wasted/economical losses/etc etc. Long life for bioperl.
>
>NOTE: I’ve noticed that modules generally aren’t bigger than 100Kb. Should I
>search for and install additional modules using the activestate perl package
>manager? (I haven’t done it for bioperl because of its size. I have a 56K
>modem and sometimes connection is interrupted by phone calls, so I used a
>download manager program called Go!zilla).
>
>Antonio Ramos Fernández, Girona, Spain.
>
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