Hi Mark et al:
The last coot I compiled on Ubuntu Hardy was coot-0.5-pre-1-
revision-1003. I've been a bit distracted with other obligations. The
last one I made into a debian package and put on our server was a
0.4-pre-2 release, so I apologize. I keep the OS X fink debian
packages much more up to date and have tried to maintain those,
officially (via fink), to a much higher standard.
I don't fully understand the linux debian packaging requirements
nearly well enough, but should probably take the time to do so, and to
create standard-compliant debian packages for coot and its
dependencies and then figure out how to get these things into the
official distribution system. I guess if someone else out there with
the competence and time can do for Debian/Ubuntu what Donnie Berkholz
has done for Gentoo, it would be helpful. What is needed are properly
created debian packages for clipper, mmdb, gpp4, ssm, coot, and a few
of the other misc dependencies that aren't present in a standard linux
distribution.
Once you have that, you can use the program alien to convert to rpm,
etc.
My main limitations are knowledge, time, only one PC running only one
version of ubuntu, and more specifically getting a complete listing of
dependencies so that package installation for the end-user is truly
seamless. This has been my goal with OSX/fink, and I've invested most
of my time and effort into that. Linux should actually be much easier,
but I don't know it nearly as well. I've also now just been put into a
tailspin by our main funding agency, so I will now have to prioritize
further, or find something else to do for a living.
Peace and joy,
Bill
On Nov 15, 2008, at 3:32 AM, Mark Brooks wrote:
Hi,
It may be useful to have a 'contrib' section for the Coot binary
download
web page (or even some unofficial web page), so that we have more
options of
binaries to test. For example, upon upgrading to Ubuntu Hardy Heron,
Coot
stopped working, for reasons beyond my understanding, but worked when
recompiled. (Which was very easy using the build-it-gtk2-simple
script BTW).
To have a central repository of tested binaries could be very handy,
to
avoid having to do this.
The Coot developers and yourself (Bill) have done an enormous amount
to
furnish us with working, tested programs, but perhaps one or two more
updated binaries contributed by users would be useful, especially
for newer
releases of the myriad Linux flavours.
I think for the Coot developers to start providing .deb, .rpm and
Gentoo
packages for every update is too onerous, especially when .tar.gz
files work
OK. Just my opinion.
Which Ubuntu are you on Bill, and which binary are you using? Are
these on
your debian web site? I guess I may be able to give a Hardy Heron
binary if
need be.
Thanks for your .debs though, I use them all the time.
Mark
2008/11/12 William G. Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Since Ubuntu has gotten to be popular (for good reason, IMO), it
might be
useful to have an official (or at least semi-official) debian
package whose
installation would guarantee all the dependencies also get
installed. I've
tried to do it in a half-arsed sort of way, but lately have dropped
the ball
(sorry).
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Kevin Cowtan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
Hi!
Firstly, do you need to build coot at all? There are binary
packages which
work just fine on Gutsy. You can install them wherever you want on
your
system, and they should just work.
Secondly, if for some reason you do want to build your own (you
want to
make changes to the code???), then are you using the build-it-gtk2-
simple
script?
http://strucbio.biologie.uni-konstanz.de/ccp4wiki/index.php/COOT#Installation_from_source_code
Building coot without this script requires days or weeks of
messing around
with dependencies. With this script it is usually pretty easy.
Kevin
Rimi wrote:
Hi all,
I am new to coot. Recently I tried to install coot in my
ubuntu
gutsy. But it can not find mmdb library somehow. Below is the
message
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