Hi Christian, On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 5:25 AM, Christian Soeller <[email protected]> wrote: > At the top of the 'Get PDL' page we need *simple* instructions > > 1) how to get the PDL source (CPAN, sourceforge)
The Manual Install page should cover this (it already covers CPAN). I do *not* think that the Get PDL page should be polluted with this information. Most people are not going to install PDL this way, and those who do want to install PDL this way only have to click one link. > 2) the absolutely minimal install instructions (see generic 3 liner below) What if that does not exist? For source installation it may not be feasible to explain how to install PDL in 3 lines. I understand and support the notion of the Manual Install page having a "Minimal Install" section at the top showing how to get the most bare-bones installation possible. > This must be all on the page, not just linked to a wiki page. A new user > needs to see that a minimal set of commands should result in a quick but > minimal install. I see it differently. If you want to convince someone that PDL is easy to install, the *source* installation is *not* the way to do it. Heck, most user don't even have a compiler by default! (e.g. Windows, Mac, and some Linux distros). If you want to show a 3-line installation, then it is the binaries that you want to use. For example: 1) **Mac O X**: Download the <link>MacPDL.dmg</link> package and run the installer. 2) **Windows**: Install <link>ppm</link> and run <link>ppm install PDL</link> on a terminal. 3) **Ubuntu / Debian**: Run `apt-get install pdl` 4) **Fedora / RHEL**: Run `yum install perl-PDL` 5) **Mandriva**: Run `urpmi perl-PDL` 6) **OpenSUSE**: Run `yast -i perl-PDL` See? Now you have a *one-line* instruction for every OS. Many of these only give you a minimal PDL install, but they are *one-line*. But you know, if you wanted to do that, I think we might as well have all the full binary instructions. The full binary instructions are not much longer than what I wrote. Daniel. -- Intolerant people should be shot. _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
