[emboss-announce] EMBOSS 6.3.0 released

[ajb at ebi.ac.uk]

EMBOSS 6.3.0 is now available and can be downloaded from
our ftp server:

  ftp://emboss.open-bio.org/pub/EMBOSS/

The associated (optional) EMBASSY packages are in the same directory.

mEMBOSS, the native Microsoft windows port, can be downloaded from the
directory:

  ftp://emboss.open-bio.org/pub/EMBOSS/windows/

This release provides a platform for further application development.


Some highlights include:

    Network access to BioMart, Ensembl and general SQL databases
    Support for BAM/SAM files
    Parsing and validation for NCBI taxonomy and OBO files
    Scaleable graphics options
    Rabin-Karp multi-pattern search algorithm implemented
    EDAM ontology identifiers added

Full details are in the attached ChangeLog


Installation:

There are some new optional steps in the installation.

For UNIX:
     To enable PDF graphics support you will need to
     have installed the libhpdf development files (a.k.a. libharu, source
     available via libharu.org).
     To enable MySQL and/or PostgreSQL support their
     development files will need to have been installed.

     For example, under Linux RPM systems the packages would
     typically be called libharu-devel, mysql-devel & postgresql-devel.

     Such installations need to be performed prior to
     the EMBOSS configuration step. The configuration will
     automatically include support for the above if the relevant
     files are detected.

For Windows (mEMBOSS):
     No action is required.
     PDF and MySQL support DLLs are included by the installation.

Alan
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