problem installing Phenix 1.8.1 on Fedora16
Dear all, I am trying to install Phenix 1.8.1-1168 on my Linux 64bit, Fedora 16. If I try to install it in the default directory (/usr/local) I have no problem, but when I try to install it in /usr/local/bin using the command written in the documentation (http://www.phenix-online.org/documentation/install.htm) ./install --prefix= I got the following error message: -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline' I am not a super expert in Linux and I have tried to search in Internet for a solution but I am lost. Any idea of how could I solve this problem? Thanks a lot, Marianna -- Dr. Marianna Biadene Division of Biological Chemistry - Group Prof. Scheffzek Biocenter Medical University Innsbruck Innrain 80 / 4 6020 Innsbruck Austria Phone: +43 512 9003 70336
Hello Marianna,
./install --prefix= I got the following error message: -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
Remove the angle brackets <>. They are part of the example command that should be replaced. I.e.: ./install --prefix=/usr/local/bin -ben -- | Ben Eisenbraun | SBGrid Consortium | http://sbgrid.org | | Harvard Medical School | http://hms.harvard.edu |
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Marianna Biadene
I am trying to install Phenix 1.8.1-1168 on my Linux 64bit, Fedora 16. If I try to install it in the default directory (/usr/local) I have no problem, but when I try to install it in /usr/local/bin using the command written in the documentation (http://www.phenix-online.org/documentation/install.htm) ./install --prefix=
Sorry, the text in the installation instructions isn't meant to be interpreted literally! The <> characters indicate that you need to interpolate the actual variable in that place - this is common usage in technical documentation (i.e. directed at programmers and system administrators) but probably nowhere else. So you need to type this instead: ./install --prefix=/usr/local/bin except I probably wouldn't put it there - the "bin" directory is really intended for executable programs only, not the massive mess of libraries and data that come with Phenix. (It will still run though.) I will see if I can clarify the documentation. -Nat
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