Re: [modeller_usage] Installation in Ubuntu

[Modeller Caretaker <>]

Dinesh wrote:
> *I am trying to install Modeller in in Ubuntu 9.10 with the alien 
> command and I get the below errors:*
...
> chown: cannot access 
> `modeller-9v7//usr/lib/modeller9v7/modlib/modeller/config.py': No such 
> file or directory
> failed chowning /usr/lib/modeller9v7/modlib/modeller/config.py to 0:0: 
> Illegal seek at /usr/share/perl5/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm line 265, 
> <GETPERMS> line 104

This is odd - I know that RPM installs on Ubuntu with alien used to 
work, because many have people have done it. But this is the second 
report of problems with Ubuntu I've seen in two days, which leads me to 
suspect a bug in the alien package there.

As Robert already suggested, you can install using the .tar.gz installer 
instead, which works fine. The only advantage of the RPM installer is 
that it sets up links for Python and some SELinux stuff, but this may 
not be important on Ubuntu anyway.

	Ben Webb, Modeller Caretaker
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