[Bioperl-l] Windows, Perl, and BioPerl

[Scott Cain]

I don't recall what roadblocks there were--just that it was
frustrating.  I guess we'll all find out when the machines are
available (the announcement was just that there would be machines
available "soon").

Scott


On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Chris Fields <cjfields at illinois.edu> wrote:
> I believe Strawberry Perl aims to have a native Perl which allows direct
> links to CPAN (i.e. no intermediate PPM; it would be like running perl on
> other OS's).  ActivePerl already has a semblance of that (I tried it out
> with the last ActivePerl), but I don't think it's fully supported yet and I
> believe it installs to a separate directory.
>
> Might be nice to work out what the roadblocks are; would they be in bioperl?
>
> chris
>
> On Dec 8, 2008, at 8:55 AM, Scott Cain wrote:
>
>> That and the fact that it appears to be Strawberry Perl that will be
>> on the machines.  Strawberry Perl is a completely free implementation
>> of perl for Windows (as opposed to ActiveState perl, which is only
>> free as in beer I believe).  However, every time I've tried to run
>> GBrowse with Strawberry Perl I've run into road blocks, so maybe it
>> has matured enough to try again.  At least it will be easy to do with
>> these free VMs.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Chris Fields <cjfields at illinois.edu>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> One of the most common problems with some perl modules is cross-platform
>>> compilation of XS-based modules containing C/C++ code.  So maybe testing
>>> bioperl-ext?  Or the proposed biolib initiative
>>> (www.biolib.open-bio.org),
>>> which aims to create swig-based bindings for the various Bio* languages?
>>>
>>> We have also run into problems in the past with bioperl-db and Windows.
>>>  We
>>> have also had OS-dependent issues pop up now and then, so I think it's a
>>> good thing (and I'm primarily using OS X/Linux now).
>>>
>>> chris
>>>
>>> On Dec 6, 2008, at 5:57 PM, Kevin Clancy wrote:
>>>
>>>> What projects would be suitable for folk in Windows world? I've been
>>>> using
>>>> basic BioPerl on Windows since the late 90s. I haven't tried GBrowse on
>>>> Windows - is there reason to believe it won't work?
>>>> Thanks
>>>> kevin
>>>>
>>>>> From: cjfields at illinois.edu
>>>>> To: bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org
>>>>> Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 13:01:01 -0600
>>>>> Subject: [Bioperl-l] Windows, Perl, and BioPerl
>>>>>
>>>>> Just to keep those Windows users out there informed (from alias's
>>>>> journal at use.perl.org):
>>>>>
>>>>> http://use.perl.org/~Alias/journal/38036
>>>>>
>>>>> The key sentence:
>>>>>
>>>>> 'Commencing this month, Microsoft will be providing every CPAN author
>>>>> with free access to a centrally-hosted virtual machine environment
>>>>> containing every major version of Windows.'
>>>>>
>>>>> Windows XP Professional
>>>>> Windows Server 2003 32-bit
>>>>> Windows Server 2003 64-bit
>>>>> Windows Vista Ultimate
>>>>> Windows Server 2008 32-bit
>>>>> Windows Server 2008 64-bit
>>>>>
>>>>> So, anyone wanting to take advantage of this (per BioPerl or Gbrowse)?
>>>>>
>>>>> chris
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Scott Cain, Ph. D.                                   scott at scottcain dot net
GMOD Coordinator (http://gmod.org/)                     216-392-3087
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research