problem on installation about cutadapt HOT 5 CLOSED

From [email protected] on March 27, 2012 05:35:58

If you run cutadapt by giving its absolute or relative path (./cutadapt in your case) on the command line, then installation is not required (the installed version is not even used in this case).

The SyntaxError is a bit strange. I think it occurs when a Python 3 program is run under Python 2. Please try to specify the Python interpreter explicitly by running cutadapt like this:

python2.6 cutadapt

What does the command

python -V

say?

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From [email protected] on April 02, 2012 23:28:41

Hi, any news on this? I'm willing to fix this, but since I've never encountered the problem, I'd need your help.

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From [email protected] on April 17, 2012 00:53:21

Status: Invalid

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From [email protected] on April 17, 2012 08:08:59

I was getting the exact same error until I realized it was a python version issue since our default python installation is v2.4.3. I followed your instructions, using v2.6.4:

/apps/python-2.6.4/bin/python2.6 setup.py build_ext -i

Then I called ./cutadapt and got the error above. Of course the correct command is:

/apps/python-2.6.4/bin/python2.6 ./cutadapt --help

Seems to work fine...

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From [email protected] on April 18, 2012 09:40:31

Thanks, I have updated the FAQ and the README to help others who have the same problem.

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