Hi Aris, > I just installed EMBOSS on my laptop by compiling the source codes under > cygwin. Then, I tried to follow the online tutorial, but I encountered > several problems. The main problem is that I don't have access to any of the > databases, so I am wondering if there is a need for some kind of > configuration. For example, showdb was initially showing no databases, until > I renamed file ' emboss.default.template' to 'emboss.default'. Then, it > showed some databases such as genbank. But when I used seqret to retrieve an > entry from that database, it doesn't find anything... Is there a need for > database configuration? Is it not possible to access databases remotely? Is > there any tutorial that explains how to properly setup your data?
I thought the following message posted few days before your message may answer some of your questions. http://emboss.open-bio.org/pipermail/emboss/2006-November/002774.html Regards, Mahmut _______________________________________________ EMBOSS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/emboss
