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diff --git a/sci-biology/emboss/files/README.Gentoo b/sci-biology/emboss/files/README.Gentoo new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ce37576f0fc4 --- /dev/null +++ b/sci-biology/emboss/files/README.Gentoo @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Using EMBOSS on Gentoo systems + +Codon data files location + +The codon data files that are distributed with EMBOSS are installed in the +"/usr/share/EMBOSS/data/CODONS.orig" directory instead of the usual +"/usr/share/EMBOSS/data/CODONS". This is done to avoid confusion between these +codon files and those installed with the CUTG database. The names of these files +sometimes vary only by their case. Having both sets of files in the same directory +is also impossible on systems such as MacOSX, where the root filesystem is case +insensitive. If you do not have the CUTG database installed and want to use the +codon files distributed with EMBOSS, you can symlink the "CODONS.orig" directory +to "CODONS": + + cd /usr/share/EMBOSS/data + ln -s CODONS.orig CODONS + +Restriction enzymes equivalence file location + +The restriction enzymes equivalence file distributed with EMBOSS is installed as +"/usr/share/EMBOSS/data/embossre.equ.orig" rather than the usual +"/usr/share/EMBOSS/data/embossre.equ". This is done to avoid a file collision +with the equivalence file provided by the Rebase database. If you do not have the +Rebase database installed and want to use the equivalence file distributed with +EMBOSS, you can symlink the "embossre.equ.orig" file to "embossre.equ": + + cd /usr/share/EMBOSS/data + ln -s embossre.equ.orig embossre.equ |