kemboss - Windows installation
If You have not already done so, You first should install the EMBOSS programs. You just have to download the mEMBOSS binary files for Windows from ftp://emboss.open-bio.org/pub/EMBOSS/windows/ and run the setup.exe.
Installing kemboss binaries:
Download the kemboss binaries from http://www.tobias-schwarz.net/kemboss.html and run the kemboss_x_x_setup.exe. The setup already contains the required Qt libraries version 4.4 from Trolltech, so You don't need to install any additional libraries.
When You run kemboss for the first time, the program will try to find the EMBOSS binaries and will display a message if it fails to do so. If that happens or anything doesn't work as expected, You should first check the kemboss settings using the configuration dialog.
Compiling from source:
If You want to compile kemboss from source, You must have a suitable C++ compiler, for example MinGW, as well as Trolltechs Qt version 4.3 or later installed on Your system. The Qt development environment for Windows can be downloaded from http://www.trolltech.com/. The Qt setup will also download the MinGW compiler and associated libraries if they are not already installed.
Then download the kemboss sources from http://www.tobias-schwarz.net/kemboss.html and unpack them.
The kemboss-x.x directory contains three folders named 'src', 'data' and 'default_settings'. Open the 'Qt command prompt' from the Windows Start menu and move to the kemboss 'src' folder (e.g. 'dir d:\kemboss-0.7\src').
Type 'qmake'. When qmake has finished type 'make'. When make finishes successfully You should have a 'kemboss.exe' in the kemboss-x.x directory. You can copy the binary, the 'data' and the 'default settings' folder to a directory of Your choice if You want to. Note that kemboss needs the libraries 'QtCore4.dll', 'QtGui4.dll' and 'mingwm10.dll' to run. Therefore these libraries should be either in the same directory as the kemboss.exe or in a directory, which is included in Your systems path variable (e.g. in c:\Windows\system32\ ).
If You encounter problems installing kemboss or have any question / suggestion, please send an email to mail@tobias-schwarz.net.
