Hi everyone,

we have a new Biolinux system in the lab (Biolinux 8 which is Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS base) and I am struggling to install the program [Vicuna][1]. I am wondering if anyone could help me to sort it out. I think the major problem is the dependency from ncbi_tools++.

I have followed the installation for external users and downloaded [the NCBI toolkit][2], then configured it specifying the path, and finally `make` and `make install`.

The problem is that every time I am trying to run 'make' after the configuration of the ncbi_tools++ I get various make errors. And if I try to ignore these errors and install vicuna, the program will not run (I just gave it a try anyway).

I have tried to install the program both in bash and zsh environments as well as installing it in different locatoions without much luck.

I know Biolinux have already a version of the ncbi_tools

    > ncbi-tools-x11                6.1.20120620      NCBI libraries for biology applications (X-based utilities)

But I am not sure if this is creating conflict with what I am trying to install.

If anyone could help me it would be much appreciated.

Any advice will be welcome

Regards

F.

 [1]: http://www.broadinstitute.org/scientific-community/science/projects/viral-genomics/vicuna
 [2]: ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/toolbox/ncbi_tools++/CURRENT
Let's put on the magic hat and see if we can guess what the problem is without seeing the errors...

If make works, but make install doesn't, then very likely it's a permissions problem.

The other common issue is missing headers.

That's about as far as the crystal ball with take us. If you post the errors from make, this should get a lot easier :)