[Gmod-help] problems setting up gbrowse

[Scott Cain]

Hi Maely,

Please keep the help list cc'ed so we can archive the (eventual) solution.

Is nmake in your search path?  That is, what happens on the command
line when you type "nmake"?  If you put nmake in the same directory as
the gbrowse_netinstall script hoping that it would make use of it
since they are in the same directory, that won't work, as it gets
called from a variety of temp directories during the installation.  It
needs to be in a system directory to work.

Scott




On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Maely Gauthier <maelygauthier at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using XP. I can download the nmake file directly from Microsoft
> and it works so I don't think it is a firewall problem.
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Scott Cain <scott at scottcain.net> wrote:
>> Hello Maely,
>>
>> What version of Windows are you using?  The step that is failing is
>> somewhat fundamental; without it, installing GBrowse, while not
>> impossible, would probably take days.  It is trying to download an
>> installation tool (nmake) from Microsoft.  Could a firewall or other
>> security software be preventing that from happening?
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Maely Gauthier <maelygauthier at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Dear help desk.
>>> I am trying to install Gbrowse on Windows and followed the steps you
>>> suggest on your website, however I get an error message:
>>> Couldn't install nmake.exe: No such file or directory at
>>> C:\Perl\gbrowse_netinstall.pl line 150
>>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\Perl\gbrowse_netinstall.pl line 158
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>> Maely Gauthier
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>> Scott Cain, Ph. D.                                   scott at scottcain dot net
>> GMOD Coordinator (http://gmod.org/)                     216-392-3087
>> Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Zoological Museum
> University of Zürich
> Winterthurerstrasse 190
> 8057, Zürich
> Switzerland
> Tel: +41 (0)44 63 54911
> Fax: +41 (0)44 63 54780
>



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Scott Cain, Ph. D.                                   scott at scottcain dot net
GMOD Coordinator (http://gmod.org/)                     216-392-3087
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research