install Bio::DB::BigFile

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Hello, I tried to install Bio::DB::BigFile in my Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS \n \l. I always have problem of "Please enter the location of Kent source tree". Thank you in advance for your great help! Best Regards, Yue


Inspiron-3670:~$ sudo cpanm Bio::DB::BigFile --force
--> Working on Bio::DB::BigFile
Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/L/LD/LDS/Bio-BigFile-1.07.tar.
+gz ... OK
Configuring Bio-BigFile-1.07 ... Please enter the location of Kent sou
+rce tree: /Home/kent-335_base/src
Try again, or hit <enter> to cancel: /Home/kent-335_base
Try again, or hit <enter> to cancel: FAIL
! Timed out (> 60s). Use --verbose to retry.
! Configure failed for Bio-BigFile-1.07. See /home/jing/.cpanm/work/16
+29019251.9869/build.log for details.
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Re: install Bio::DB::BigFile by marto (Cardinal) on Aug 15, 2021 at 10:53 UTC
From the docs: "Installation requires a compiled version of Jim Kent's source tree, including the main library, jkweb.a. Please see the README in the Bio::DB::BigFile distribution directory for instructions." README explains what you have to do.	[reply]