[BioPython] Updates to Biopython Installation Instructions

[Jaeggi, Daniel M.]

This may also be a case of setting up the $PATH environment variable to 
use the correct version of python. (My system has python 1.5 installed 
globally, and a home made python 2.2 in my home directory).

'which python' tells you which python binary is being used. If this 
already shows the path to your python2.2, you should be OK with the 
instructions below (python setup.py install).

Otherwise set PATH in your .bashrc (or whatever shell you use) something 
like:

export PATH=/home/me/Python/bin:$PATH

which puts the locally installed Python path at the start of the search 
path (it will look there first for a python binary).

Hope this helps,

Dan


Brad Chapman wrote:

>Hi Ming;
>Sorry for the slow respose.
>
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>
>>Thanks for your Installation Instruction and I am trying to install
>>Biopython following the Instruction. I have no root right and have installed
>>Python2.2 with --prefix option at dir other than /usr/local. But I have
>>trouble to install mxTextTools and Numerical Python since the Installation
>>didn't have the ./configure step. What can I do?
>>    
>>
>
>If you've installed python somewhere other than /usr/local, then you
>should be able to follow the install directions exactly with just a
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>python setup.py install
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>as long as the 'python' above is the one in your dir directory. It
>should install the libraries inside this python installation.
>
>You can also specify any random alternate location for installation
>with:
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>python setup.py install --prefix=wherever/you/want/it
>
>Hope this helps!
>Brad
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