[CentOS] bioinformatics repository?

[John]

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> From: centos-bounces at centos.org 
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Davide Cittaro
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 4:13 AM
> To: centos at centos.org
> Subject: [CentOS] bioinformatics repository?
> 
> Hi all, I'm new to Centos, just moved here from Gentoo Linux.
> I have to install a server for bioinformatics purposes and I 
> see that default yum repositories do not include any 
> bioinformatics software (i.e. ncbi-toolkit, blat, and 
> others). I'm googling a bit but I can't find a valuable 
> solution: which is (or which are) the best repository I 
> should add to have a satisfying list of bioinfo rpm?

David, you could try Checking out the Scientific Linux Project to Maybe add
and use there Repos. It should also be binary compatable with CentOS. That
would be the only Distributon that I know of that would maybe have what you
need. The only others would be maybe Debian Based Systems because of the
huge alternate package options. But off course then you would need to
convert the debian packages to rpm format and there is also a tool to do
that.

JohnStanley