Installing Biopython For Windows Vista 32 Bit

Question

[Maria]

Hello,

I need to work with biopython on windows vista 32 bit , I've never used it before neither python i tried to download it but it seems complicated , my question is : is there any windows installer package that contains every things need to work on bioperl ? (same as strawberry perl for working with bioperl )

many thanks in advance

[Peter]

Did you mean everything to work with Biopython (you said BioPerl)?

Answer 1

[Peter]

Installing Biopython on 32 bit Windows should be as easy as:

1. Install Python using Windows Installer, e.g. http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/python-2.7.3.msi
2. Install NumPy using Windows Installer, e.g. http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/NumPy/1.5.1/numpy-1.5.1-win32-superpack-python2.7.exe/download
3. Install Biopython using Windows Installer, e.g. http://biopython.org/DIST/biopython-1.59.win32-py2.7.exe

That should be it.

Those links are for Python 2.7.3 (which is the latest Python 2), NumPy 1.5.1 (not quite the latest but what the current Biopython release used), and Biopython 1.59 (latest).