Hello Ingo, much appreciate! Just to ask which perl version is most likely to run the commands from the First Step PDL Book?
@anyone: which perl version is known to work for that purpose? Thanks a lot, Thomas On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 11:00 AM Ingo Schmid <ingo...@gmx.at> wrote: > Hi, > > I have not really read through the whole thread, I apologise if this does > not apply to your problem then. > > I have moved most of the PDL stuff to perlbrew which allows a fairly > system independent installation, it's berrybrew on windows, I don't own > Macs. On linux, your distribution most probably provides it, I used apt to > install the software itself. The best part about is, that system (perl) > upgrades don't break your PDL installation. This allowed me to consistently > run things cross platform with no troubles for a long time. > > Run > > > perlbrew install <perl version> > > perlbrew install-cpanm > > perlbrew install-patchperl > It takes a fair amount of installation time and I guess disk space, > defaults to your home. > > Please consult the perlbrew docs for the exact process, this is I think > the most useful info: https://perlbrew.pl/Perlbrew-and-Friends.html. Once > you are set, use > > > perlbrew switch ... > > > cpanm PDL::Graphics::Simple > > I guess you may need to install a few dependencies that are either > ambiguous or simply missing using cpanm from the same shell. I don't > remember if P:G:S comes with a default backend or if you need to, for > example, install gnuplot. > > I hope this helps. > > Ingo > On 8/31/23 10:12, ng0...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hello, > > would anyone with a working version mind to post some hints on how to > achieve: > > cpan PDL::Graphics::Simple > pdl> use PDL::Graphics::Simple > pdl> imag (sin(rvals(200,200)+1)) > > on no matter on which platform but with the least number of steps? > > Thanks a lot, Thomas > > On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 4:51 PM William Schmidt < > t.william.schm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello Thomas (ngO177), >> >> I encountered a similar problem building PDL 2.083 and 2.084 in macOS >> Monterrey, to wit: getting PDL::Graphics::Simple to work, or even to pass >> its build tests. Rather than repeat the odyssey I went through here I >> suggest you read the write-up I did at perlmonks that documents the build >> debug process: >> >> https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=11153860 >> >> I posted this as open-issue #450 at PDL meta-cpan, but alas, no one from >> PDL dev has, as yet, bothered to read it. In a nutshell, you need a >> graphics engine on your machine and if there isn't one, or PDL can't find >> it, the Alien process (since a graphics engine is defined in PDL-speak as >> an alien process) will find one appropriate to your OS on the net, download >> and build it for you. Alas, for macOS Monterrey, Alien built a crippled >> plotting engine. It failed to un-comment any of the three #ifdef terminal >> definitions that support graphics in macOS. Thus, no terminal def for macOS >> was compiled into gnuplot. The fix, for me, was to rtfm the build docs, >> initialize the environment to point to my preferred graphics engine >> (gnuplot, built by me with macports rather than Alien), and enable >> interactive build tests. To be fair to PDL developers, this is all >> documented in the PDL build instructions and 'man gnuplot', but most of us >> take the ease of building Perl modules for granted and don't bother to read >> them unless something goes wrong. Alien is a brilliant idea but at present >> its execution in PDL is flawed. It attempts to transparently obtain for you >> an appropriate graphics engine but fails to build it correctly. With a >> little hacking you can get around this, I did, but as always, your mileage >> will vary. I would very much like to hear from you after you have read the >> perlmonks post and evaluated my solution in a Linux context. My PDL in >> Monterrey is now working correctly, so I held off trying to build PDL in >> Ubuntu, but if nothing works for you I will give it a try. >> >> Regards, >> Will Schmidt (perlboy_emeritus) >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 5:22 AM <ng0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> in order to take some first steps >>> cpan PDL::Graphics::Simple >>> pdl> use PDL::Graphics::Simple >>> pdl> imag (sin(rvals(200,200)+1)) >>> >>> on Debian 12 w/ experimental repos activated, all I try, see below, >>> fails. >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> Appreciate, Thomas >>> pdl >>> >>> sudo apt -t experimental install pdl >>> >>> sudo apt -t experimental install pgplot5 >>> >>> sudo apt -t experimental install libpgplot-perl >>> >>> sudo apt -t experimental install libpdl-graphics-gnuplot-perl >>> cpan graphics simple >>> >>> cpan PDL::Graphics::Simple >>> >>> ... >>> >>> Test Summary Report >>> >>> ------------------- >>> >>> t/simple.t (Wstat: 512 (exited 2) Tests: 24 Failed: 2) >>> >>> Failed tests: 1, 12 >>> >>> Non-zero exit status: 2 >>> >>> Parse errors: No plan found in TAP output >>> >>> Files=1, Tests=24, 2 wallclock secs ( 0.01 usr 0.00 sys + 0.26 cusr >>> 0.22 csys = 0.49 CPU) >>> >>> Result: FAIL >>> >>> Failed 1/1 test programs. 2/24 subtests failed. >>> >>> make: *** [Makefile:851: test_dynamic] Error 2 >>> >>> ETJ/PDL-Graphics-Simple-1.009.tar.gz >>> >>> make test -- NOT OK >>> >>> //hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, try: >>> >>> reports ETJ/PDL-Graphics-Simple-1.009.tar.gz >>> dh-make-perl >>> >>> https://wiki.debian.org/PerlFAQ >>> >>> sudo apt -t experimental install dh-make-perl >>> >>> dh-make-perl --build --cpan PDL::Graphics::Simple >>> >>> >>> ... >>> >>> Test Summary Report >>> >>> ------------------- >>> >>> t/simple.t (Wstat: 512 (exited 2) Tests: 24 Failed: 2) >>> >>> Failed tests: 1, 12 >>> >>> Non-zero exit status: 2 >>> >>> Parse errors: No plan found in TAP output >>> >>> Files=1, Tests=24, 1 wallclock secs ( 0.01 usr 0.00 sys + 0.29 cusr >>> 0.21 csys = 0.51 CPU) >>> >>> Result: FAIL >>> >>> Failed 1/1 test programs. 2/24 subtests failed. >>> >>> make[1]: *** [Makefile:854: test_dynamic] Error 2 >>> >>> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/th6mas/PDL-Graphics-Simple-1.009' >>> >>> dh_auto_test: error: make -j1 test TEST_VERBOSE=1 returned exit code 2 >>> >>> make: *** [debian/rules:4: build] Error 255 >>> >>> make: Leaving directory '/home/th6mas/PDL-Graphics-Simple-1.009' >>> >>> Cannot create deb package: 'debian/rules build' failed. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pdl-devel mailing list >>> pdl-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pdl-devel >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > pdl-devel mailing > listpdl-devel@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pdl-devel > > _______________________________________________ > pdl-devel mailing list > pdl-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pdl-devel >
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