My UNIX experience with sTarPicker
My primary attempt: INSTALLING sTarPicker
Check your Linux information (if it's 64- or 32-bit)
Mine was x64. Download sTarpicker (Remember the folder you saved the file)
$ tar -xvf starpicker_64bit.tar
Look on the starpicker.pl file and look up for the module used in the Perl script (Indicated by :: --> double colon sign). It's better to install those Perl modules before proceed with the installation.
It will pop out cpan[1]> , hence
cpan[1]> install Getopt::Long
cpan[2]> install Bio::SeqIO
Blablabla. It will ask some questions, just type whatever it is accordingly. If there's no error, so you're done with it.
$ tar -xvf ViennaRNA-1.8.4.tar.gz
Hopefully there's no error pop out from the terminal. Go back and cd for64bitmachine
Check if the files form like this, -rwxrwxrwx@ something like that, if it's not
# chmod 777 * or # sudo chmod 777 *
Check again, so that to get something like this -rwxrwxrwx@.
Take a deep breath, try to use the example files provided in the folder as to test whether the installation took place correctly or otherwise. If there's no error, you should get an .output file with a result in it without any error line in the terminal.
In conclusion, ihateunix huh!!!!