Here is some info on a new project that may be interesting to some of your
users.
>> ProgPorts <<
http://progports.sourceforge.net
>> Project Description <<
ProgPorts provides a robust method for the adminstration and use of
the many computer programs that are interesting to protein scientists
in such disciplines as Bioinformatics, Proteomics, Molecular Dynamics
and Energetics, Protein Crystallography, and Nuclear Magnetic
Resonsance. Many of these programs are difficult to install and they
often have complex user interfaces, but our system provides a simple
command-line interface to setup the user enviroment in order to use
the programs. The GNU-Darwin ports and packaging system has been
adapted to ease the administrative burden for the hundreds of supported
programs, and to provide for consistency of installation and continuity
in the user experience. The installed base and package management
system is self-contained in a /prog directory, and software
installation occurs in /prog/ports. ProgPorts is an elegant system to
provide software to demanding scientists so that the programs "just
work", even when the software version changes. GNU/Linux and IRIX are
fully supported, and development for OpenBSD and Darwin OS is underway.
>> Project status <<
Although the system has been in active use for years at Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine, we are stuggling to create a release version, so we
are still in alpha pre-release status. If you would like to check out
our progress or help out, use CVS.
http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=114865
>> Project Links <<
SourceForge home
http://sourceforge.net/projects/progports/
CVS web archive
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/progports/#dirlist
Email forum
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/progports-general
>> Related Links <<
Robert's homepage
http://adelie.biochem.queensu.ca/~rlc/
Michael's homepage
http://biophysics.med.jhmi.edu/love/
The GNU-Darwin ports system
http://www.gnu-darwin.org/ports/
X-ray crystallography lab
http://biophysics.med.jhmi.edu/xtal
Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry at Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine
http://biophysics.med.jhmi.edu/
