EMBOSS on OS X

[Jean-Christophe Ame]

I have installed EMBOSS on MacOSX since the release of the public 
beta ant it works like a charm. There is no problem installing it, 
one needs just to remove -lnsl everywhere in the configure file.
Jean-Christophe


>David Martin wrote (to the EMBOSS list):
>>
>>  Has anyone tried compiling and running EMBOSS on MacOS X yet? I can
>>  imagine this being very nice with the X interfaces (Colimate etc).
>
>And Richard Phelps wrote (to me personally):
>>
>>  How might I install emboss on Mac Os X??
>
>Well, personally, I think I've touched the keyboard of a Mac maybe five times
>in my life (they're not common here at all), so it's highly unlikely I'll
>have the pleasure of using MacOS X any time soon.
>
>However:
>
>- It would be interesting to know how easily an application with a relatively
>   GNUish installation process compiles and installs on OS X.  I would
>   personally be very interested in feedback.  (Shouldn't be too difficult by
>   all reports.)
>
>- Secondly, there is a project underway (though it's in its early stages yet)
>   to unify packaging systems across a number of BSD-based operating systems,
>   including OS X.  In fact, Wilfredo Sanches, the former design lead on OS X,
>   is a developer on this project.  Should their work come to fruition, it's
>   possible that the existing FreeBSD port could eventually serve as the basis
>   for installing EMBOSS on OS X as well.  :-)  See:
>
>     http://www.openpackages.org/
>
>-- Johann

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