[Biopython] Mac installation problem

[George Devaniranjan]

I have found that installing MAC packages through FINK is helpful
(other options similar to fink are macports and homebrew but I have found
fink sufficient and it does install biopython )


On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>wrote:

> You'll need Apple's XCode for the compilers
> etc, available for free on the App Store - and then
> from within XCode you must install the optional
> command line utilities as well.
>
> Also, I'd recommend the old fashioned way, just
> download and decompress the tar-ball, then
>
> python setup.py build
> python setup.py test
> sudo python setup.py install
>
> This should match our wiki download page,
> http://biopython.org/wiki/Download
>
> Peter
>
> On Sunday, August 25, 2013, Kiss, Csaba wrote:
>
> > I have a problem installing biopython on a MAC system using the
> > easy_install method. I have tried these two commands:
> >
> >
> >
> >  sudo easy_install -f http://biopython.org/DIST/ biopython
> >
> > sudo easy_install -U biopython
> >
> > None of them worked. I get these error messages:
> >
> > Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/biopython/
> > No local packages or download links found for biopython
> > error: Could not find suitable distribution for
> > Requirement.parse('biopython')
> >
> > Can someone help me rectify this? I have a paper being reviewed and the
> > reviewer has problems getting biopython going, which means it's pretty
> > crucial for me.
> >
> > Csaba
> >
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