Fabio, I have both Windows Vista SP2 with ActiveState Perl 5.10.1, PDL installed from uwinnipeg repository and Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 with PDL installed from synaptic and then used 'sudo cpan' to perform 'upgrade /PDL/'. To install PGPLOT on Ubuntu (recent releases), follow this page: https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/pdl/index.php?title=Installing_PDL_on_Ubuntu_11.10_Oneiric_Ocelot. I don't use PLPlot nor have ever tried to install it as it previously was too onerous on Windows. I use gnuplot for most of my graphics because it just works. Presently this causes me to convert my final data to perl array references prior to plot it, but for me it is much easier to do this than to get PGPlot, Tri-D, or PLPlot to configure them correctly for backgrounds, colours, labels, etc. But that is because I have been using gnuplot independently from PDL for many more years. I am getting better at using PGPLOT and it is really nice to have the integration with the pdl shell. I haven't used the Tri-D very much as most of the time I have to present my data to non-technical people.
I just downloaded the latest PLPlot libraries from the PLPlot site and will follow their installation instructions to see if I can get PLPlot and PDL to work together. I'll let you know how it turns out. CLIFF SOBCHUK Core RF Engineering Phone 613-667-1974 ecn: 8109-71974 mobile 403-819-9233 yahoo: sobchuk www.ericsson.com<http://www.ericsson.com/> "The author works for Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson ("Ericsson"), who is solely responsible for this email and its contents. All inquiries regarding this email should be addressed to Ericsson. The web site for Ericsson is www.ericsson.com." This Communication is Confidential. We only send and receive email on the basis of the terms set out at www.ericsson.com/email_disclaimer<http://www.ericsson.com/email_disclaimer> ________________________________ From: Fabio D'Alfonso [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 4:10 PM To: David Mertens Cc: Clifford Sobchuk; [email protected]; Doug Hunt Subject: Re: [Perldl] Sharing Graphics Devices Hi, I do not have a preference for ActivePerl over Strawberry. The same is for windows over linux. There is a problem on having all together working. I had issues with pdl on ubuntu (dynaloader on 5.10) while on windows the setup of pre packed was successful. So I have some oddities on windows where it runs and problems with pdl on Linux where other parts are native. -- Fabio D'Alfonso 'Enabling Business Through IT' cell. +39.348.059.40.22 * web: http://www.fabiodalfonso.com email: [email protected] twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fabio_dalfonso linkedin: http://it.linkedin.com/in/fabiodalfonso fax: +39.06.874.599.581 BlackBerry(r) Wireless Enabled Address. * Hidden numbers are automatically rejected by the phone ________________________________ From: David Mertens <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:38:22 -0600 To: <[email protected]> Cc: Clifford Sobchuk<[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; Doug Hunt<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Perldl] Sharing Graphics Devices On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Fabio D'Alfonso <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi, Could I have PLPlot working on windows? Could you send a mini example? Thanks -- I know nothing about Windows installation for PLplot, except that Rob has said that you should install PDL::Graphics::PLplot from cpan *apart* from PDL, and that only after you have the PLplot C library compiled and installed. As you're on ActiveState, I don't know if there's a good way to do that. Maybe you can download a copy of Microsoft's Visual C compiler (which is free, by the way) and use that to compile the PLplot bindings. But, that's really a shot in the dark. As for working examples, every single script used in my talk is a fully working example. Feel free to copy them and use them. Sorry the text cannot simply be copied from the website, though. You'll have to type it in by hand. FWIW, On Windows, my personal preferences, in order of preference, is either (1) use Strawberry Perl or (2) build perl myself using Visual C. ActiveState works, but I didn't even know that CPAN existed until I was on Linux. And what's Perl without CPAN? David -- Sent via my carrier pigeon.
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