# $Id: PLATFORMS,v 1.27 2006-11-23 11:39:01 sendu Exp $

Perl general comments:

	o Perl must be 5.6.1 or higher, with perl > 5.8.1 highly recommended.
      perl 5.10 also works.

	o Index.t will fail if you have an out-of-date DBM file
	  installation or a bad DB_File installation


Tested systems & OS Specific Comments or Warnings
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Machine : Debian Linux 2.6.8-2-686-sm
Perl    : 5.8.7
Comments: none

Machine : Gentoo Linux 2.6.16-r9 x86_64
Perl    : 5.8.8
Comments: none

Machine : FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE i386 and FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE i386
Perl    : 5.8.8
Comments: none

Machine : Win32, WinNT i386, Windows XP
Perl    : ActiveState Perl 5.8.8.819
Comments: Only ActiveState Perl >= 5.8 is known to work well, unlike other
          platforms that can use perl 5.6.1.
          Be sure that the module DB_File is installed and up-to-date 
          to allow Bio::Index modules to work properly. 
          Installing ppm's IO-stringy and IO-String and File-Temp are 
	      necessary as well.
          
          See INSTALL.WIN for more information

Machine : MacOS
Perl    : MacPerl
Comments: We don't recommend using Bioperl on MacOS 9 systems

Machine : MacOS X 10.4.7 (Intel) and 10.4.8
Perl    : 5.8.6
Comments: Steve Cannon has made available Bioperl OS X installation
          directions and notes online at the following URL:
	      http://www.tc.umn.edu/~cann0010/Bioperl_OSX_install.html
          Also see the Unix installation instructions at:
          http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Installing_Bioperl_for_Unix
          Or install using CPAN.

Machine : CentOS
Perl    : n/a
Comments: Module::Build, required for installation using Build.PL, may
          have difficulty installing. You can force install it with
          CPAN.