I was trying to install BioPerl in windows using ppm, by following the instruction in "http://bioperl.open-bio.org/wiki/Installing_Bioperl_on_Windows";. I set up the repositories, and did the search of Bioperl packages. The latest version available is BioPerl 1.6.1 on http://bioperl.org/DIST. When I tried to install it, a number of prerequisite modules were being installed too, which include Bioperl 1.4. Then an error message showed up during installation:
"ERROR: File conflict for 'C:/Perl/html/bin/bp_aacomp.html'.The package BioPerl has already installed a file that package bioperl wants to install." It looks to me that BioPerl 1.6.1 had installed a file that bioperl 1.4 wanted to install again. I don't know why bioperl 1.4 was one of the prerequisites for 1.6.1. If I just install 1.4, it will be installed without errors. But I need a newer version, because some modules (like Bio::Tools::HMM) is not included in 1.4. I saw on internet that somebody had the same problem when he was trying to install BioPerl 1.5, but I didn't find the solution. Anybody has a clue on that? Thank you for your time. GH
