On 12/6/12 6:19 PM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser wrote: > On 12/6/2012 8:12 PM, Nathan McNulty wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I'm very new to Fink, so pardon me if this is a dumb question... >> >> I'm currently trying to use fink to install BioPerl per the >> instructions provided on the BioPerl website, which seem pretty >> straightforward: >> >> http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Installing_BioPerl_on_Mac_OSX > > That page is very outdated as it still refers to OS X 10.4, which hasn't > been supported by Fink in over a year. > >> I've gotten fink installed without any issues. However, I don't seem >> to be able to install any of the three bioperl packages described in >> the fink package database: >> >> Name Latest Version Description >> bioperl-pm5100 1.6.901-2 Perl module for molecular biology >> bioperl-pm586 1.6.901-2 Perl module for molecular biology >> bioperl-pm588 1.6.901-2 Perl module for molecular biology > > and 'fink list bioperl-pm5123' ? > > >> For example, if I attempt to run the command "fink install >> bioperl-pm586", I get the following message: >> >> "Failed: no package found for specification 'bioperl-pm586'!". > > Yes, because pm586 packages only exist on 10.5/ > > http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/bioperl-pm586 > >> So, at this point, I'm stuck. I can't figure out why these packages >> aren't showing up in the output from 'fink list'. Any thoughts? > > 'fink list <STRING>' will give a list of any packages that contain > STRING in their name. So 'fink list bioperl-pm' will show you which > flavor of bioperl is available for your system. > > Dustin, any chance you can contact the bioperl developers and ask them > to update their wiki? > > Hanspeter > >
Since you didn't mention what OS version you're using, I'll point out that there's no bioperl for 10.8: $ fink list bioperl Scanning package description files.......... Information about 6345 packages read in 15 seconds. There are missing dependencies, such as data-stag-pm, which in turn needs tk-pm, which is not yet available for 10.8. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
