[maker-devel] Adding MAKER to Homebrew for ease of installation

[Shaun Jackman]

Hi MAKER developers,

I’d like to add MAKER to Homebrew <http://brew.sh> to make the installation
of MAKER and its dependencies as straight forward as brew install maker.
Homebrew is a system for installing software, originally developed for Mac
OS, and now also for Linux through
Linuxbrew<https://github.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew>.
Homebrew/science <https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-science> is a
collection of scientific software, which includes a lot of bioinformatics
software.

I’ve created a prototype for the MAKER installation
script<https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-science/blob/maker/maker.rb>(called
a formula, in Homebrew parlance). Is there a static URL for the
source code of MAKER? The current formula won’t work out of the box,
because part of the
URL<https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-science/blob/maker/maker.rb#L7>depends
on the user’s unique ID:
http://yandell.topaz.genetics.utah.edu/maker_downloads/$key/maker-2.28.tgz.

Would you be interested in adding MAKER to Homebrew? I know MAKER must be
licensed for commercial use. It is possible for Homebrew to display a
notice of the MAKER license when it’s installed.

MAKER is not available for commercial use without a license. Those wishing
to license MAKER for commercial use should contact Beth Drees at the
University of Utah TCO to discuss your needs.

Cheers,
Shaun
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