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=Anonymous access to the latest hosted source code repositories=
 
=Anonymous access to the latest hosted source code repositories=
  
This page documents the process of obtaining anonymous CVS or RSYNC based access to the source code repositories hosted by the Open Bioinformatics Foundation. These methods are useful for obtaining cutting edge sourcecode and developer snapshots. Please visit the official [[wp:Project]] pages for links to the project websites and downloads of official releases.
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This page documents the process of obtaining anonymous CVS or RSYNC based access to the source code repositories hosted by the Open Bioinformatics Foundation. These methods are useful for obtaining cutting edge sourcecode and developer snapshots. Please visit the official [[wp:Project| Project]] pages for links to the project websites and downloads of official releases.
  
 
==How to browse our latest source code repositories via the web==
 
==How to browse our latest source code repositories via the web==

Revision as of 21:30, 13 March 2006

Anonymous access to the latest hosted source code repositories

This page documents the process of obtaining anonymous CVS or RSYNC based access to the source code repositories hosted by the Open Bioinformatics Foundation. These methods are useful for obtaining cutting edge sourcecode and developer snapshots. Please visit the official Project pages for links to the project websites and downloads of official releases.

How to browse our latest source code repositories via the web

http://code.open-bio.org/cgi/viewcvs.cgi

Downloading and updating code via Anonymous CVS

  • Make sure that CVS is installed on your system.
  • Pick the repository that you wish to use
   * /home/repository/biopython
   * /home/repository/biojava
   * /home/repository/bioperl
   * /home/repository/biodas
   * /home/repository/moby
   * /home/repository/biocorba
   * /home/repository/biosql
   * /home/repository/bioruby
   * /home/repository/emboss
   * /home/repository/obf-common 
  • Use the following command (all on one line) to login to the server. The example below shows how to login to the bioperl repository. To login to other repositories simply alter the /home/repository/(project) information.
   cvs -d :pserver:cvs@code.open-bio.org:/home/repository/bioperl login
   when prompted, the password is 'cvs'
  • Each project CVS repository can have many different packages available for download. You may need to browse the web interface for a bit to determine the packages of interest. After a successful login you may "checkout" the project package you are interested in.

The following command should be executed as one line. The specific example shows how to check out the primary bioperl codebase which is contained in the "bioperl-live" package.

   cvs -d :pserver:cvs@code.open-bio.org:/home/repository/bioperl checkout bioperl-live
  • The login and checkout procedure should only have to be done once. To update the source directories in the future it should be possible just to enter the top level directory and issue the following command:
   cvs update

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