Hi Kishor, On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 6:27 PM, P Kishor <[email protected]> wrote: > The link for SciKarl is in the wiki > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/pdl/index.php?title=Installing_PDL_on_Mac_OS_X > > It is dated 2007, but seems to install PDL 2.4.3. I think that Matt is > shepherding SciKarl now, but I don't have the link to it right now.
That's the link I know. As you said, it is dated 2007. Is that number inaccurate? > Yes. However, by prominently listing "Linux" and "Windows," it seems > as if other operating systems are not supported. Perhaps the page > should be something like so -- I just changed the section title to "Manual install for Mac, Linux, Windows and Unix". Anyway, I really did think that OS X was not supported in any meaningful way besides for a manual installation. I look forward to someone giving me updated instructions for the .dmg install so I can put them up on the page. If I don't get any instructions, I'll just leave it the way it is now. At least now the manual install section clearly mentions Mac and Unix. >> Really, would you rather I write a Mac OS section that says "PDL >> supports OS X but we can't be bothered to tell you how, so you'll have >> to figure it out yourself" ? Cause that basically seems to be the >> state of affairs right now. > > No, no. That is not the state of affairs. I got PDL up and running on > Mac OS X, and I am a beginner at this stuff. Once again, except for a > couple of modules, PDL builds and installs just fine on a Mac. Just so I know, did you use the manual install or the package from Matt? >> If someone gives me updated and correct instructions for OS X, I will >> add them in a heart beat. > > The instructions are -- > > 1. Successfully install all the dependencies that you want. > 2. Install PDL. Uhmm... that's not much better than "you figure it out". At a bare minimum, you need to list the dependencies and probably provide links to where you can get them. Btw, are we still talking about the manual install or are these dependencies for the one-click install from Matt? Daniel. -- Intolerant people should be shot. _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
