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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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