[Bio-linux-list] FW: Missing packages on Biolinux

[Tony Travis]

On 14/06/2019 14:29, Timms-Wilson, Tracey wrote:
> *From:*Carlo Betta [mailto:carlo.betta2 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 14 June 2019 11:28
> *To:* Timms-Wilson, Tracey <tmt at ceh.ac.uk>
> *Subject:* Missing packages on Biolinux
> 
> Good morning.
> My name' Carlo, I'm from Italy and I'm trying to create biolinux on my 
> personal computer (for my personal use only) using Ubuntu Mate 19.04 and 
> installing all tha packages listed here 
> <http://environmentalomics.org/bio-linux-software-list/>.
> [...]

Hi, Carlo.

Tracey forwarded your message to me and I've CC'ed my reply to the 
Bio-Linux and Debian-Med mailing lists in case anyone else has similar 
questions.

The web pages you have been looking at relate to Bio-Linux 8.0.7, based 
on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and are of historical interest only because 
Bio-Linux is no longer developed or supported or by NERC/EOS. We created 
a final Bio-Linux 8.0.8 'point' release with an updated kernel and 
packages, but Bio-Linux 8 is now at End-Of-Life and is deprecated.

I've been working for many years with the Debian-Med team who have 
packaged a huge amount of open-source bioinformatics software. You will 
find most of what you are looking for in the Debian-Med "med-bio" 
meta-package in the Ubuntu repositories. I've started a Bio-Linux 9 
project with help from the Debian-Med team and you are welcome to join in.

All Bio-Linux releases were based on Ubuntu LTS releases and I would not 
recommend using Ubuntu 19.04. My present development on Bio-Linux 9 is 
based on remastering the Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS ISO. I presented my ideas 
at the Debian-Med Sprint in Vilnius earlier this year:

> https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2019/DebianMed2019

Please post a message on the Debian-Med mailing list if you are 
interested in helping develop Bio-Linux 9.

I'm working at the Mario-Negri Institute in Milan this week and next 
week: If you are near Milan, how about meeting up for a chat/beer?

Thanks,

   Tony.

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