[Biopython] Biopython installation failed on Mac OSX 10.6

[Khader Shameer]

Thanks Vincent, Peter :  I have installed BioPython from source.



On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>wrote:

> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I was trying to install BioPython using fink.
> >>
> >> Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Feb 11 2010, 00:51:29)
> >> [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin
> >>
> >> Used the command "fink install biopython-py24"
> >> Got the following error:
> >> Failed: no package found for specification 'biopython-py24'!
> >> Tried 23, 24 and 25 - it is not working.
> >>
> >> Any idea why it is not working ?
> >
> > Something to do with Fink? Also note we don't
> > support Python 2.3 anymore (and Python 2.4 is
> > on its last few releases as a supported version
> > for Biopython).
>
> If you really want to use fink, I think you'll have to
> contact the fink team. Specifically it looks like
> Koen van der Drift is kindly taking care of packaging
> Biopython on Fink:
>
> http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/biopython-py24
> http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/biopython-py25
> http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/biopython-py26
>
> Peter
>