[Bioperl-l] Could I install BioPerl on Windows with the ActivePerl 5.12.1?

[Christopher Fields]

Yes, and I am thinking of pointing more and more users that direction instead.  Can't say maintaining PPM packages with ever-fluctuating specs is easy when I don't work with Windows anymore.

chris

On Aug 29, 2010, at 6:35 AM, Adam Kennedy wrote:

> http://strawberryperl.com/download/professional/strawberry-perl-professional-5.10.1.3-alpha-2.msi
> 
> You get BioPerl installed out the box.
> 
> Adam K
> 
> On 20 August 2010 03:20, Christopher Fields <cjfields1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> cc'ing list.  Looks like the BioPerl PPM is possibly broken for perl 5.12.  Shouldn't be too hard to fix, but apparently there are a lot of missing packages. Troubling...
>> 
>> chris
>> 
>> On Aug 19, 2010, at 11:29 AM, han sun wrote:
>> 
>>> v5.10 works,thanks.
>>> 
>>> 2010/8/19 Christopher Fields <cjfields1 at gmail.com>
>>> Try using ActivePerl 5.10 instead of v5.12.  It's very possible the PPM won't work for v5.12 yet.
>>> 
>>> chris
>>> 
>>> On Aug 19, 2010, at 9:25 AM, han sun wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>> 
>>>> I have used perl for several months,and I now want to feel the power of
>>>> bioperl.
>>>> But it seems that the installing is more difficult than I thought.
>>>> 
>>>> I typed the commands.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> install-shell
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> rep add bioperl http://bioperl.org/DIST
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> rep add uwinnipeg
>>>> http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/12xx/<http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/10xx/>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> rep add trouchelle http://trouchelle.com/ppm12/
>>>> 
>>>> install BioPerl
>>>> 
>>>> However,the installing failed,
>>>> 
>>>> ppm install failed:
>>>> Can't find any package that provides List::MoreUtils for Bundle-BioPerl-Core
>>>> Can't find any package that provides PostScript::TextBlock for
>>>> Bundle-BioPerl-Core
>>>> Can't find any package that provides Ace:: for Bundle-BioPerl-Core
>>>> Can't find any package that provides SOAP::Lite for Bundle-BioPerl-Core
>>>> Can't find any package that provides Convert::Binary::C for
>>>> Bundle-BioPerl-Core
>>>> Can't find any package that provides XML::Twig for Bundle-BioPerl-Core
>>>> Can't find any package that provides DB_File:: for Bundle-BioPerl-Core
>>>> Can't find any package that provides IPC::Run for GraphViz
>>>> Can't find any package that provides XML-XPathEngine for XML-DOM-XPath
>>>> Can't find any package that provides List-MoreUtils for Moose
>>>> Can't find any package that provides List-MoreUtils for Class-MOP
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> then I tried
>>>> 
>>>> install http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/GD.ppd
>>>> 
>>>> and tried the installation again,but it still didn't help.
>>>> 
>>>> *
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> *Do you konw what's wrong with the problem?*
>>>> *
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>>>> *
>>>> *Please help me,thanks very much.*
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