1 # $Id: PLATFORMS,v 1.27 2006-11-23 11:39:01 sendu Exp $
5 o Perl must be 5.6.1 or higher, with perl > 5.8.1 highly recommended.
8 o Index.t will fail if you have an out-of-date DBM file
9 installation or a bad DB_File installation
12 Tested systems & OS Specific Comments or Warnings
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15 Machine : Debian Linux 2.6.8-2-686-sm
19 Machine : Gentoo Linux 2.6.16-r9 x86_64
23 Machine : FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE i386 and FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE i386
27 Machine : Win32, WinNT i386, Windows XP
28 Perl : ActiveState Perl 5.8.8.819
29 Comments: Only ActiveState Perl >= 5.8 is known to work well, unlike other
30 platforms that can use perl 5.6.1.
31 Be sure that the module DB_File is installed and up-to-date
32 to allow Bio::Index modules to work properly.
33 Installing ppm's IO-stringy and IO-String and File-Temp are
36 See INSTALL.WIN for more information
40 Comments: We don't recommend using Bioperl on MacOS 9 systems
42 Machine : MacOS X 10.4.7 (Intel) and 10.4.8
44 Comments: Steve Cannon has made available Bioperl OS X installation
45 directions and notes online at the following URL:
46 http://www.tc.umn.edu/~cann0010/Bioperl_OSX_install.html
47 Also see the Unix installation instructions at:
48 http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Installing_Bioperl_for_Unix
49 Or install using CPAN.
53 Comments: Module::Build, required for installation using Build.PL, may
54 have difficulty installing. You can force install it with