[Biopython] Mac installation problem

[Nick Lindberg]

I would highly recommend doing it the old fashioned way, as the first
poster recommended.  The package managers start to do things a little
funky the way they link packages, and depending on if you're using the
built in Python versus a homebrewed/ported copy, etc.

I don't think fink is actively maintained any longer.

Nick Lindberg
Sr. Consulting Engineer, HPC
Milwaukee Institute
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On 8/26/13 8:47 AM, "Csaba Kiss" <csaba.kiss at lanl.gov> wrote:

>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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