[Gmod-help] problems setting up gbrowse

[Maely Gauthier]

No, I just tried to download it on my desktop to check that there was
no firewall blocking as you asked me to. I had not downloaded it
before that.
M

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Scott Cain <scott at scottcain.net> wrote:
> 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
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>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> 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
>



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