1 # $Id: PLATFORMS,v 1.27 2006-11-23 11:39:01 sendu Exp $
5 o Perl must be 5.6.1 or higher. We tend to test on > 5.8.
7 o Index.t will fail if you have an out-of-date DBM file
8 installation or a bad DB_File installation
11 Tested systems & OS Specific Comments or Warnings
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14 Machine : Debian Linux 2.6.8-2-686-sm
18 Machine : Gentoo Linux 2.6.16-r9 x86_64
22 Machine : FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE i386 and FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE i386
26 Machine : Win32, WinNT i386, Windows XP
27 Perl : ActiveState Perl 5.8.8.819
28 Comments: Only ActiveState Perl >= 5.8 is known to work well, unlike other
29 platforms that can use perl 5.6.1.
30 Be sure that the module DB_File is installed and up-to-date
31 to allow Bio::Index modules to work properly.
32 Installing ppm's IO-stringy and IO-String and File-Temp are
35 See INSTALL.WIN for more information
39 Comments: We don't recommend using Bioperl on MacOS 9 systems
41 Machine : MacOS X 10.4.7 (Intel) and 10.4.8
43 Comments: Steve Cannon has made available Bioperl OS X installation
44 directions and notes online at the following URL:
45 http://www.tc.umn.edu/~cann0010/Bioperl_OSX_install.html
46 Also see the Unix installation instructions at:
47 http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Installing_Bioperl_for_Unix
48 Or install using CPAN.
52 Comments: Module::Build, required for installation using Build.PL, may
53 have difficulty installing. You can force install it with