[BioPython] error in installing Biopython

Martin MOKREJŠ mmokrejs at ribosome.natur.cuni.cz
Wed Feb 15 09:58:59 EST 2006


Hi,

Thomas Hamelryck wrote:
> About Flex & Biopython:
> 
> 
>>So, I think the
>>solution would be to fix either setup.py to check for this (such as a
>>script that returns -1 if the flex library isn't found - similar to
>>autoconfig) or give an option in setup.py to not build
>>Bio.PDB.mmCIF.MMCIFlex (or what ever depends on it).
> 
> 
> Well, yes, that's what I said in my previous mail about this.
> I don't mind if it's commented out. No problem.

I do intend to use mmCIF and known others do. Please leave it in but
for people who don't have flex add some option to configure to disable
this part just for them. Thanks.

Martin


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