[Please quote me in public on the list!] Hi Tony,
On Sat, Jan 05, 2019 at 12:53:15PM +0000, Tony Travis wrote: > > I ran a QIIME2 workshop in Vienna using an alpha version of Bio-Linux 9 > based on Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS + med-bio, med-bio-dev and Bioconda plus > a few other packages including x2goserver. Everything worked well, Good to hear! BTW, I started to work on a QIIME2 package but run into some trouble and picked up other tasks. I'd try to pick this up in the next weeks - but I'd be happy if someone would beat me. > but > your update to "metaphlan2" is not available in the Ubuntu repository: > > > root@beluga:~# lsb_release -d > > Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS > > root@beluga:~# apt policy metaphlan2 > > metaphlan2: > > Installed: 2.7.5-2 > > Candidate: 2.7.5-2 > > Version table: > > *** 2.7.5-2 100 > > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > 2.7.5-1 500 > > 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 > > Packages > > 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 > > Packages > > root@beluga:~# cat /etc/debian_version > > buster/sid > > Any idea if/when your "metaphlan2" update will arrive in buster/sid? It is in buster: $ apt-cache policy metaphlan2 metaphlan2: Installiert: (keine) Installationskandidat: 2.7.8-1 Versionstabelle: 2.7.8-1 501 501 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages 501 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing/main i386 Packages 50 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages 50 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable/main i386 Packages 50 http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages 50 http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable/main i386 Packages > For the moment, I'm installing my patched deb to complete any "med-bio" > installations I do under Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I did several installations > while I was in Vienna. I've done many more in Milan and elsewhere too. We should try to find a method to generate working med-bio in Ubuntu (which is probably easy by regenerating the source). > Thanks again for all the effort you and the Debian-Med team have put > into making the 'missing' Bio-Linux packages available in "med-bio". You are welcome Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de

