----- Original Message ----- From: "Sisyphus"

What finally did the job was

use PAR::Dist::InstallPPD;
par_install_ppd(uri => "http://www.sisyphusion.tk/ppm/PDL.ppd";);


Some questions about it:
1) Does it run the post-install script ?

No - it doesn't. But it's just a matter of downloading that script
( http://www.sisyphusion.tk/ppm/scripts/install_pdl )
and running it.
If you don't do that I think you miss out on some docs being accessible from the pdl2/perldl shells. And you also miss out on seeing some advice on how to activate the PLplot and Proj4 support.
If you install PGPLOT there's also a
http://www.sisyphusion.tk/ppm/scripts/install_pgplot
that, when run, provides useful info regarding the using of that module.

2) Does installing PAR::Dist::InstallPPD itself take long, in the first place ?

No - Strawberry Perl ships with it. (At least, the 5.12 and 5.14 versions of Strawberry that I have all did.)

3) Does it install any missing prerequisites specified in the ppd file ?

No. You'll also have to par_install_ppd() the pre-requisites that are specified in the ppd file. However, I think PDL (or large parts of it) works fine without those pre-requisites.

I'll change the wiki to recommend that PAR::Dist::InstallPPD be used in the absence of the ppm utility. And I'll provide (on the wiki) a link to a script that will do everything wrt installing PDL and its pre-requisites. That should be a vast improvement over what's currently on offer for those who aren't running ActivePerl.

(Might take me a day or so - just finalising the script now.)

Cheers,
Rob


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