Mmdb: Difference between revisions

Mmdb (edit)

537 bytes added , 23 November 2010

Other ways to get MMDB

6

edits

@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 == How to install mmdb? ==
-The easiest way for users of Linux distros is to install the Fedora 9 RPM package ([https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00262.html announcement]). For Apple machines, this would probably be http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/mmdb .
+The easiest way for users of Linux RPM based distributions is to install the Fedora 9 RPM package ([https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00262.html announcement]).
+Ubuntu users may install the package using apt-get:
+ apt-get install libmmdb-dev
+For Apple machines, mmdb is available via  [http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/mmdb The FINK project]. (Direct link to the Fink .info file  [http://fink.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/fink/dists/10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/sci/mmdb.info '''HERE''']).
+If you wish to compile the MMDB source yourself, you can obtain a standalone distribution tarball from [https://launchpad.net/mmdb The MMDB project on Launchpad] or from the [http://lmb.bioch.ox.ac.uk/coot/software/dependencies/ Coot software dependencies site] at Oxford.
 == How to use it? ==