[Biopython] biopython and jython

Peter biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk
Thu May 20 14:41:49 UTC 2010


On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Silvio Tschapke wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> can anybody tell me if biopython supports jython?

Most of it works, yes. Parts of Biopython use code written in C or NumPy
(e.g. Bio.Cluster and Bio.PDB) which won't work though.

> I am using Java Servlets in tomcat and Jython and thought there won't be
> problem to call Biopython modules from Jython. But Biopython is not included
> in jython.jar.

I think there is a Jython path environment variable you can set...

Peter



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