[Bioperl-l] bp 1.2.3 ppm install fails

[Lincoln Stein]

It sounds like the modules that aren't supported by ActiveState should be 
removed from the PPM dependencies list.  The CPAN version of BioPerl doesn't 
have ANY dependencies right now.  I think this is an issue because one almost 
immediately wants IO::String to work with the seqio modules and it wouldn't 
hurt to add it as a dependency.

Lincoln

On Tuesday 07 October 2003 07:57 am, Brian Osborne wrote:
> 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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Lincoln D. Stein                           Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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