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Installing Bioperl. Perl and BioPerl are both open source projects Can be obtained for free via the Internet Both work on all major platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OSX). Installing on Windows. Obtain and install ActivePerl from Activestate http://activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl
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Installing Bioperl • Perl and BioPerl are both open source projects • Can be obtained for free via the Internet • Both work on all major platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OSX)
Installing on Windows • Obtain and install ActivePerl from Activestate • http://activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl • Open the Perl Package Manager • Open a command prompt (Start->Run) • Type C:\>ppm and run it • Add repositories • >ppm> rep add Bribes http://www.Bribes.org/perl/ppm
Installing on Windows 4. Search for BioPerl • ppm> search Bioperl 5. This returns a numbered list of packages • ppm> install <number> • Where <number> is the number of the desired version
Installing on Linux/Unix/Mac • These platforms probably already have Perl installed • Download the latest release of BioPerl • http://bioperl.org/DIST/ • Uncompress the downloaded files • >gunzip bioperl-1.5.2_102.tar.gz • >tar xvf bioperl-1.5.2_102.tar • >cd bioperl-1.5.2_102
Installing on Linux/Unix/Mac • Build BioPerl • >perl Build.PL • >Build test • This may fail some tests. A few failed tests may not affect your usage. • Install BioPerl • >./Build install