I've been using PDL for years on OS X with no problems (thank you, thank
you, thank you for the countless hours saved). Now I have a new laptop with
Snow Leopard and I can't get it to install.

Before trying to install PDL, I got PGPLOT working following instructions
posted at
http://iparrizar.mnstate.edu/~juan/urania/2009/10/23/pgplot-on-snow-leopard/
.

But I run into trouble trying to install PDL either using CPAN or from
source. Previous postings to this list seem not to apply to my problem, but
I'm not very tech-savvy, so I may not have understood the implications. I'll
paste in the problems I'm having with each installation attempt, and I'd be
most grateful for any advice.

First, when I try installing PDL using 'sudo cpan' and then 'install PDL', I
get the following when it comes to CHM:

Running make for C/CH/CHM/PDL-2.4.6.tar.gz
  Has already been unwrapped into directory
/Users/jmagnuson/.cpan/build/PDL-2.4.6-H9gAgm

  CPAN.pm: Going to build C/CH/CHM/PDL-2.4.6.tar.gz

/usr/bin/perl "-Iblib/arch" "-Iblib/lib" pdldoc.PL pdldoc
Extracting pdldoc (WITH bad value support)
cp Reduce.pm ../blib/lib/PDL/Reduce.pm
cp PDL.pm ../blib/lib/PDL.pm
cp Lite.pm ../blib/lib/PDL/Lite.pm
cp Options.pm ../blib/lib/PDL/Options.pm
cp LiteF.pm ../blib/lib/PDL/LiteF.pm
cp default.perldlrc ../blib/lib/PDL/default.perldlrc
cp AutoLoader.pm ../blib/lib/PDL/AutoLoader.pm
cp Lvalue.pm ../blib/lib/PDL/Lvalue.pm
cp Matrix.pm ../blib/lib/PDL/Matrix.pm
PERL5OPT='' podselect ../Gen/Inline/Pdlpp.pm > PP-Inline.pod
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/podselect: Permission denied
make[2]: *** [PP-Inline.pod] Error 126
make[1]: *** [subdirs] Error 2
make: *** [subdirs] Error 2
  CHM/PDL-2.4.6.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/make -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Failed during this command:
 CHM/PDL-2.4.6.tar.gz                         : make NO

cpan[2]> install
PDL

Running install for module 'PDL'
Running make for C/CH/CHM/PDL-2.4.6.tar.gz
  Has already been unwrapped into directory
/Users/jmagnuson/.cpan/build/PDL-2.4.6-H9gAgm
Could not make: Unknown error
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

Second, if I try installing from source, it warns me that f77 has not been
found when I run 'perl Makefile.PL'. Otherwise, all is fine til I run
'make', where there are surprising permission errors.

Even if I run 'sudo make', I get the following error:

/usr/bin/perl "-Iblib/arch" "-Iblib/lib" pdldoc.PL pdldoc
Extracting pdldoc (WITH bad value support)
Manifying ../../blib/man1/PDL::Impatient.1
Manifying ../../blib/man1/PDL::BadValues.1
Manifying ../../blib/man1/PDL::Internals.1
Manifying ../../blib/man1/PDL::Tips.1
Manifying ../../blib/man1/PDL::PP-Inline.1
Manifying ../../blib/man1/PDL::Dataflow.1
Manifying ../../blib/man1/PDL::Delta.1
Manifying ../../blib/man1/PDL::Philosophy.1
Manifying ../../blib/man1/PDL::FAQ.1
Manifying ../../blib/man1/PDL::Objects.1
Manifying ../../blib/man1/PDL::Indexing.1
Manifying ../../blib/man1/pdl.1
Manifying ../../blib/man1/PDL::PP.1
Manifying ../../blib/man1/PDL::API.1
/usr/bin/perl "-I../../blib/arch" "-I../../blib/lib" pptemplate.PL
pptemplate
Extracting pptemplate (with variable substitutions)
PERL5OPT='' podselect pptemplate > pptemplate.pod
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/podselect: Permission denied
make[2]: *** [pptemplate.pod] Error 126
make[1]: *** [subdirs] Error 2
make: *** [subdirs] Error 2


Thanks,

jim
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