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Bio::POD is platform-independent and can be installed on a variety of platforms such as Windows, Mac, and many flavors of Linux. All that is needed on your computer is the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
There are four steps necessary for the successful installation and use of Bio::POD:
This step may be skipped if you already have the JRE (version 1.4 or later) on your system. If you are not sure whether or not you have the JRE installed, you may check here: http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp. If you do not have it installed, or need to install a newer version, please visit:
http://www.java.com/en/download
Once you have installed the JRE, you may move on to step 2.
This step requires the installer which you would have either downloaded or received via CD from Bio::Neos. It is named "biopod-setup.jar" by default. If you do not have the installer, please contact us at support@bioneos.com.
To run the installer, either double-click the installer or run "java -jar biopod-setup.jar" from the command line.
The installer will take you through a series of steps to install Bio::POD on your system.
Once you have completed the installation of Bio::POD, move on to step 3.
After you have installed Bio::POD, you still need to download plugins and the necessary drivers in order for the program to work with public data sources.
What is the purpose of a plugin? A Bio::POD plugin is necessary for Bio::POD to get access to a public data source and integrate that data into the application. For example, the Ensembl plugins tell Bio::POD how to connect to Ensembl and how to get Ensembl genes, transcripts, domains, SNPs, etc. Without an Ensembl plugin, you cannot access Ensembl data through Bio::POD.
What is the purpose of a driver? A plugin describes to Bio::POD how to talk to a public data source. However, sometimes additional information is needed to connect to the datasource. That is the purpose of drivers. For example, when using an Ensembl plugin, you need both the Ensembl driver (includes details from Ensembl for getting Ensembl data) and the MySQL driver (includes the connector for connecting to Ensembl's MySQL database).
Visit
http://support.bioneos.com/plugins/
to download plugins and drivers. You should save plugins to the "plugins" folder of your
installation directory and drivers to the "lib" folder of your
installation directory.
Now that you have installed Bio::POD, you may start it one of two ways:
The Bio::POD installation directory is located:
| Windows | "C:\Program Files\BioNeos\BioPOD\" |
| Max OS X | "/Applications/BioNeos/BioPOD/" |
| Linux | "/home/<user>/BioNeos/BioPOD/" |
Note: During the installation process you are allowed to modify the installation directory of the application from its default location. If you did so, then your copy of the application may be located in a different location from what is mentioned above.