[Biopython] Mac installation problem

[Csaba Kiss]

Thanks, George. I will give FINK a try.

Csaba
On 8/25/2013 3:24 PM, George Devaniranjan wrote:
> I have found that installing MAC packages through FINK is helpful
> (other options similar to fink are macports and homebrew but I have 
> found fink sufficient and it does install biopython )
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com 
> <mailto:p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>
>     You'll need Apple's XCode for the compilers
>     etc, available for free on the App Store - and then
>     from within XCode you must install the optional
>     command line utilities as well.
>
>     Also, I'd recommend the old fashioned way, just
>     download and decompress the tar-ball, then
>
>     python setup.py build
>     python setup.py test
>     sudo python setup.py install
>
>     This should match our wiki download page,
>     http://biopython.org/wiki/Download
>
>     Peter
>
>     On Sunday, August 25, 2013, Kiss, Csaba wrote:
>
>     > I have a problem installing biopython on a MAC system using the
>     > easy_install method. I have tried these two commands:
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >  sudo easy_install -f http://biopython.org/DIST/ biopython
>     >
>     > sudo easy_install -U biopython
>     >
>     > None of them worked. I get these error messages:
>     >
>     > Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/biopython/
>     > No local packages or download links found for biopython
>     > error: Could not find suitable distribution for
>     > Requirement.parse('biopython')
>     >
>     > Can someone help me rectify this? I have a paper being reviewed
>     and the
>     > reviewer has problems getting biopython going, which means it's
>     pretty
>     > crucial for me.
>     >
>     > Csaba
>     >
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Best Regards:
Csaba Kiss PhD, MSc, BSc
TA-43, HRL-1, MS888
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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