[Biopython] Mac installation problem

[Lenna Peterson]

Furthermore, I don't believe installing any of the Mac "package managers"
eliminates the need to install developer tools/XCode.

Cheers,

Lenna


On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Nick Lindberg <nlindberg at mkei.org> wrote:

> 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.
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> I don't think fink is actively maintained any longer.
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> On 8/26/13 8:47 AM, "Csaba Kiss" <csaba.kiss at lanl.gov> wrote:
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> >Thanks, George. I will give FINK a try.
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> >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 )
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> >> 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:
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> >>     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.
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> >>     Also, I'd recommend the old fashioned way, just
> >>     download and decompress the tar-ball, then
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> >>     python setup.py build
> >>     python setup.py test
> >>     sudo python setup.py install
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> >>     This should match our wiki download page,
> >>     http://biopython.org/wiki/Download
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> >>     Peter
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> >>     On Sunday, August 25, 2013, Kiss, Csaba wrote:
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> >>     > I have a problem installing biopython on a MAC system using the
> >>     > easy_install method. I have tried these two commands:
> >>     >
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> >>     >  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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