The current fink version of ARB (a phylogenetics package used by biologists around the world) is now obsolete. Ben Hines has been instrumental in getting ARB onto the Mac but is unable to continue this task. Matt Cottrell has been able to get the latest version of ARB, running in 64 bit, and with all the 64-bit dependencies, up on MacPorts at: http://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/science/arb/Portfile
My request is for someone to help get a similar version available from Fink. Matt tells me the code is now very clean, and needs little or no patching. However, he had to work up the 64-bit dependencies. So it would need to be someone who can package, and who knows about the 64-bit upgrades to existing packages in fink. The listed dependencies are: glew glw gsed imake lynx mesa openmotif sablotron tiff My role in the past has been to test out the program to see that it functions, and to provide written instructions to help people to install it. The advantage of having ARB updated on Fink is the availability of so many other programs, and the large pool of helpful members of the Fink community. ARB is a very important scientific tool and is used widely, so I'm hoping to hear from someone soon. Mike Dyall-Smith PS: details about ARB in Fink are at: http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/arb?rel_id=10.6-x86_64-current-unstable -- _____________________________________ Mike Dyall-Smith, Ph.D., Visiting Professor, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18a, Martinsried D82152, Germany email: [email protected] web: www.haloarchaea.com skype: mike.dyallsmith _____________________________________ On measuring microbial diversity: "This is like randomly sampling a bus load of people and then trying to infer the diversity of all people in the world. You would not expect to find many Lithuanians." - Curtis and Sloan, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
