[Bioperl-l] Testing Needed: Strawberry Perl October 2009 to provide support for BioPerl

[Adam Kennedy]

Note: These are the corrected link.

http://strawberryperl.com/download/strawberry-perl-5.10.1.0.msi

http://strawberryperl.com/download/strawberry-perl-5.8.9.3.msi

Adam K

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Chris Fields <cjfields at illinois.edu> wrote:
> Adam,
>
> I can test this using Remote Desktop on a couple PC's here running XP (don't
> have access to Vista).  The links didn't work for me, though.
>
> chris
>
> On Oct 21, 2009, at 7:21 PM, Adam Kennedy wrote:
>
>> Dear BioPeople
>>
>> Since we added a "Live Support Chat" link to the frontpage of the
>> Strawberry Perl website ( http://strawberryperl.com/ ) we've noticed
>> that one of the main types of visitors that we see in the IRC channel
>> ( #win32 on irc.perl.org ) is biologists trying to install various
>> things.
>>
>> As a result, for the October 2009 release of Strawberry Perl, we've
>> prioritised adding support for CPAN-installation of BioPerl.
>>
>> Changes include a major improvement to crypto support which provides
>> OpenSSL and support for https:// URL, we now ship Postgres and MySQL
>> DBI drivers in the default installation, and we have added Berkely DB
>> support as well.
>>
>> I'm happy to report that we now believe we are in a position to
>> officially support the installation of BioPerl.
>>
>> Running "install BioPerl" from the CPAN client should now work
>> correctly, for the default set of options, and BioPerl-dependant
>> packages on the CPAN should recursively install correctly.
>>
>> Prior to the official release next week, we would appreciate testing
>> from the BioPerl community.
>>
>> Release candidate installers for the October release are available at
>> the following URLs
>>
>> http://strawberryperl.com/download/strawberryperl-5.10.1.0.msi
>>
>> http://strawberryperl.com/download/strawberryperl-5.8.9.3.msi
>>
>> Once installed, run Start -> Program Files -> Strawberry Perl -> CPAN
>> Client
>>
>>> From the CPAN client command line, run "install BioPerl" and select
>>
>> the default options.
>>
>> Once installed, you should be able to do anything you do normally with
>> a BioPerl install.
>>
>> Assuming all goes well in this release, for the next release January
>> 2010 we plan to also produce a "Strawberry Perl Professional"
>> distribution that will bundle BioPerl as part of the default
>> installation, as well as a Perl IDE and other useful packages.
>>
>> Success or failure of the release candidate can be reported either
>> here or to #win32 on irc.perl.org.
>>
>> Adam K
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