[Bioperl-l] Installing Bioperl using PPM

[Tim Alcon]

Typing "install 1.4" didn't work, but typing "install Bioperl-1.4" did.  
Thanks.

Tim



Nathan Haigh wrote:

>Please read this even if you think you know how to install modules via PPM!
>
>This is just a note on what to do to install the latest version of Bioperl (or any other module) via PPM:
>Because of inconsistencies (see ActiveStates comments on this at the bottom) with the way PPM determines modules names/versions etc
>it is NOT WISE to install modules by going:
>    "install bioperl"
>OR
>    "upgrade bioperl"
>
>You are very likely NOT to install the most recent version of a particular module by doing this! Instead you should do the
>following:
>    "search bioperl"
>This gives a numbered list of the available modules in the repository's searched by your PPM (you can add additional repositories in
>addition to the defaults given during installation - and this is advised). Chose the number of the correct module to install from
>the list and do:
>    "install <number>"
>Where <number> is the number of the module you wish to install. This way you will ensure you install the correct module/version YOU
>want not the arbitrary module that PPM seems to want to install most of the time!
>
>As soon as the official Bioperl 1.5 is released, I'll make the ppd and tar.gz files so it can be installed via PPM.
>
>Nathan
>
>ActiveStates comment on PPM's inconsistencies for determining module name/versions:
>"Sorry for the confusion, ppm3 is kind of inconsistent in spots."
>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: bioperl-l-bounces at portal.open-bio.org [mailto:bioperl-l-bounces at portal.open-bio.org] On Behalf Of Tim Alcon
>>Sent: 18 January 2005 22:20
>>To: bioperl-l at portal.open-bio.org
>>Subject: [Bioperl-l] accessing GenBank
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>>I seem unable to access GenBank.  When running bptutorial.exe, it seems
>>like all the other examples run fine except that one.  Anyone know why
>>that would be?  I'm using ActivePerl on Windows XP.  I have whichever
>>version of bioperl is the current default using ppm (it's at least
>>1.0).   When I run the exact same code from my campus Unix account, it
>>works fine.
>>
>>Tim
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