Software

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lightweight version

• Bio::Glite (available at CPAN)

This is a lightweight API version (i.e. w/o Shell or other interfaces) utilizing G-language REST web service. The source code is less than 100KB, requires very limited amount of RAM/CPU usage. Installation is very simple using cpan:

  sudo cpan Bio::Glite

Note that you need to use "load" for genome loading instead of "new G", and $gb->seq() for retrieving sequence data instead of "$gb->{SEQ}".

standard Perl package & source code (for all UNIX)

• v.1.9.1 (tar ball package)

This is a standard CPAN-style installer. Just do the following:

  perl Makefile.PL  
  make  
  sudo make install

Cutting-edge development version is available at following URL:

• http://www.g-language.org/data/g-language/

To download everything,

    wget -R http://www.g-language.org/data/g-language/

for MacOS X 10.5 (Leopard) Intel

• v.1.8.4 binary package (.dmg)

This is a standard MacOS X Installer package, so download, double click on the installer, and follow the instructions. X11 is required for installation. After installation, you will find "G-languageShell" in the Application folder.

If you have the previous version installed (1.6.2), delete the following prior to installation: /Applications/G-language Interpreter.app /usr/local/*

If you want to use it in your Terminal, set the environmental variable as follows: export PATH="/usr/local/g-language/bin:$PATH"

Live CD Linux (Windows users)

• Download the CD/DVD image from the KNOPPIX for Bio Project website (English, Japanese)

KNOPPIX for Bio (KNOB) is one CD-bootable Linux for bioinformatics based on KNOPPIX-JP. KNOB has many bioinformatics tools preinstalled, like BioRuby, BioPerl, Biopython, EMBOSS, ClustalW, BLAST, FASTA, G-language, R, Bioconductor, Taverna, etc...

KNOB runs on any Intel-compatible PC/Macs without affecting the installed OS. Since the G-language Project does not support the Windows platform, Windows users are recommended to use KNOB instead.

KNOB can also be run with virtualization software such as VMWare, Parallels, Qemu, coLinux, and etc.

By default KNOB runs in Japanese environment. To use KNOB in English environment, type the following when booting.

knoppix lang=en

Older Versions

• older versions > v.1.6.9 are available here
• older versions < v.1.6.9 are available here
• v.1.6.10 binary package (.dmg) for MacOS X Tiger

Mailing Lists

English mailing list is currently not available. We set them up soon.

• Users mailing list (Japanese)
• Developers mailing list (Japanese)

Development Web Site

We do not have open CVS/SVN, and we do not have plans to open them.

• Development site (sourceforge.net)
• Development site (Japanese)
• Old development site (bioinformatics.org)