[gt-users] installing genometools

[Gordon Gremme]

Hi Mike,

> I am a molecular biologist, and I am not extremely familiar with using the
> terminal.  I have tried to download the genometools software package, but I
> am having some issues installing  the package on a Mac OS X.  I don't know
> if you will be able to help me diagnose my problem, but when I type "make
> install cairo=no universal=yes" in the genometools directory, it complies
> many routines and then I get the message: "[link libgenometools.a]
> ar: lib/libgenometools.a is a fat file (use libtool(1) or lipo(1) and ar(1)
> on it)
> ar: lib/libgenometools.a: Inappropriate file type or format
> make: *** [lib/libgenometools.a] Error 1"  Let me know if you have any
> suggestions.

you probably don't need a universal binary.

Just use

make cleanup

followed by

make install cairo=no

and you should be fine. If you encounter any other problems, please report back.

Gordon