[Bio-Linux] Debian source packages?

[Tony Travis]

JK (Jesper Agerbo Krogh) wrote:
> Hi. 
> 
> We currently using Ubuntu on both amd64 and i386 as platform for our
> Biocomputing needs. We're reasonably skilled in packaging(and compiling)
> Debian packages. 
> 
> So in order to get the Biolinux packages on the platforms I would like
> to know if 
> The Debian source-packages are available somewhere. I've been looking a
> bit at the 
> Web-archive, but they don't seem to be included in the Debian
> repository. 

Hello, Jesper.

We are developing 'biobuntu', which consists of i386 Bio-Linux4 packages 
installed with other freely available bioinformatics software under i386 
Ubuntu 'Dapper' 6.06 LTS, for our NBX (NuGO Black Box) project:

	http://nbx1.rri.sari.ac.uk

I'm interested to hear about your experience of installing/running 
Bio-Linux packages under Ubuntu. We had to install the "xlibs" package 
from an earlier version of Ubuntu before I could install the public 
Bio-Linux4 packages from NEBC.

I am also interested in an amd64 version of Bio-Linux. The source code 
is already present in most of the 'binary' Bio-Linux debs. I had thought 
of breaking out the source and creating deb-src packages, but don't have 
time on the current project. For now, we are running a 32-bit kernel and 
32-bit applications on "Iwill" small form-factor dual Opteron servers:

	http://www.iwill.net/product_2.asp?p_id=36

Best wishes,

	Tony.
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