[EMBOSS] installing zlib, libpng and gd

[Koen van der Drift]

Hi John,

You may want to check out the fink project (http://fink.sf.net). It's  
a package manager to help with installing unix software on your Mac.  
If you use it to install emboss, it will automatically install all  
other packages that are needed (such as libpng and gd). The zlib  
package already comes with  Mac OS X, I guess the admin guide was  
written for an older Mac OS X version.

cheers,

- Koen.



On Sep 4, 2005, at 9:07 PM, W John Haynes wrote:

> To Whom it may concern:
>
> I am going through the process of installing and compiling the EMBOSS
> package for the first time.  I have a G5 running OS.X.3.4 but I would
> say I am still a novice (this is an offline home computer).  I have
> installed and used the BLAST package from NCBI and the Phyllip package
> but overall, I would say that I am still unfamiliar with installing  
> and
> compiling programs.  I do not yet have much experience.  I have
> down-loaded the tar.gz files from the EMBOSS ftp site.  As I was
> reading the Admin manual on installation there is a requirement to
> download and install three more tar.gz files called z, png and gd
> libraries.  What will these actually do for the program and will this
> cause any conflicts with other programs previously installed?
> For instance I had previously installed the Phyllip package of
> programs, what will happen if I install the set included in the EMBOSS
> package?  If I do not move the Phyllip package into the EMBOSS folder
> and expand it, will the EMBOSS install correctly?  Does the
> installation of these libraries cause any other problems any other
> programs?
>
> Thanks for the help
> W. John Haynes
>
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