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G-language Genome Analysis Environment
 v.2 PR7

Copyright (C) 2001-2008 G-language Project
Institute for Advanced Biosciences
Keio University

http://www.g-language.org/
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This document is written by Kazuharu Arakawa <gaou@g-language.org>


Thank you for trying the G-language Genome Analysis Environment.
Please note that we are still in the beta testing stage. 
Note that this package currently does not install glang command (GUI).

This software package is distributed under GPL. Please see the file
COPYING for details before you go on to installation.



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ABOUT
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G-language Genome Analysis Environment (G-language GAE) is a
generic software package for computational genome analysis and 
for the development of computational genome analysis software.

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INSTALLATION
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To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

You will need the following external applications prior to 
the installation process.

1. gnuplot
2. convert and display from ImageMagick
3. GD.pm (this will require libgd:http://www.libgd.org/)
4. bioperl (see http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Installing_Bioperl_for_Unix)

To use the graphical user interface, wxPerl(http://wxperl.sourceforge.net/)
and wxWidgets(http://www.wxwidgets.org/) are also required.

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USAGE
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As Perl library:
	Just write
	   use G;

As commandline Shell:
	Type 
	   G
	in your shell. Type "help" within the G-language Shell
	for further information.

As graphical user interface:
	Type
	   glang
	in your shell.


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FILES AND DIRECTORIES
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README      : This file
COPYING     : License
MANIFEST    : Description of package files





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SUPPORT
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The official web site (http://www.g-language.org/) and the 
development host at the OpenLab (http://www.bioinformatics.org/)
provide more documentations, tutorial, and mailing-lists. 

