Hi Isabelle, which linux distribution you tried it on ? Unfortunately, BioMart needs compressZlib. We will consider finding a replacement during library refactoring for 0.8 release.
syed On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 10:14 +0200, Isabelle Phan wrote: > Syed Haider wrote: > > probably the best way to bridge the two is to introduce your students > > with XML based web service and Perl API. Just an introduction would help > > them get the internalName with no great hassle. This is just a one click > > task by using the magic 'Perl' and 'XML' button on the BioMart > > web-interface (MartView). > > ...as long as we manage to install the Biomart Perl API! > > It was such a struggle installing it on my local Linux machine (biggest > problem was with Compress::Zlib) that I am not too optimistic that our > sysadmin will want to spend that much time fighting with incompatible Perl > library versions. > > Do you by any chance distribute a version of the Biomart Perl API that does > not rely on Compress::Zlib ? I think that would ease installation > tremendously. > > thanks > I. -- ====================================== Syed Haider. EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK. ======================================
