EMBOSS on Mac OS X

[David Martin]

Dear all EMBOSSers,

I have finally got a Mac and worked through the installation of EMBOSS on
OS X.

The good news:
	EMBOSS will install and run with full functionality on OS X.

The bad news:
	Due to a number of missing libraries and other issues,
installation is not as straightforward as one would like.

The good news:
	Full details are in the latest version of the Admin guide. For
reasons outside of my control I no longer have access to an anonymous FTP
server so I have forwarded the LaTeX, PS, and PDF versions to Gary to put
up on the main site.

Even better news:
	It is rumoured that Mac OS X will be adopting the FreeBSD ports
system (or a variant thereof) which will in future allow instalaltion with
a lot less hassle.

Credits:
	Many thanks to Don Gilbert for the initial advice on getting
EMBOSS to configure correctly.

Gary will announce a URL when he has put the latest version of the admin
guide up.

..d

David Martin PhD
Bioinformatics Scientific Officer
Wellcome Trust Biocentre, University of Dundee