[Gmod-help] problems setting up gbrowse

[Scott Cain]

Try putting nmake in C:\perl\bin and running the installer again.

Scott


On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Maely Gauthier <maelygauthier at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>> 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
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 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