[Gmod-help] problems setting up gbrowse

[Maely Gauthier]

No, it still gets stuck at the same location. Should I delete the
prompts to look for it on the Microsoft website, etc....

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Scott Cain <scott at scottcain.net> wrote:
> 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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>>>>> 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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>>>> 8057, Zürich
>>>> Switzerland
>>>> Tel: +41 (0)44 63 54911
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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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>>
>>
>>
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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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