Hmmer version 3.0b2 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Sunday the 22nd of November, 2009

    version 3.0b2

      View the most recent changes for the hmmer port at: hmmer.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for hmmer.
      The raw portfile for hmmer 3.0b2 is located here:
      http://hmmer.darwinports.com/dports/science/hmmer/Portfile
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      The hmmer Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: hmmer
      Version: 3.0b2
      Category: science
      Maintainers: mmoll openmaintainer
      Description: HMMER searches biological sequence databases for homologous sequences.
      Long Description: HMMER searches biological sequence databases for homologous sequences, using either single sequences or multiple sequence alignments as queries. HMMER implements a technology called "profile hidden Markov models" (profile HMMs). HMMER is the software engine underlying many protein family domain databases and large-scale annotation pipelines, including the Pfam and SMART databases.
      Homepage: http://hmmer.janelia.org/
      Platform: darwin
      Master Sites: ftp://selab.janelia.org/pub/software/hmmer3/
      Checksums: md5 b8f5f2baa9e56ed029fea9e6939f8d36 sha1 8466c180a9678c5ead58cf66d8d52879218e77ef rmd160 693705a0f2ffb507c037a23a44cfa7c95289978c
      Patch Files: patch-Makefile.in.diff
      use_parallel_build no
      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url ${homepage}
      livecheck.regex The current version is HMMER (\[0-9.b\]+)

    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/hmmer
      % sudo port install hmmer
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching hmmer
      ---> Verifying checksum for hmmer
      ---> Extracting hmmer
      ---> Configuring hmmer
      ---> Building hmmer with target all
      ---> Staging hmmer into destroot
      ---> Installing hmmer
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using hmmer with these commands:
      %  man hmmer
      % apropos hmmer
      % which hmmer
      % locate hmmer

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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