Similarly, Inline is only required if you want to use
Inline::Pdlpp.  The PDL module proper builds and
runs just fine.  Factoring out those 2 "soft" dependencies
and you see that PDL builds with good confidence
almost everywhere---remarkable for the size of the
distribution.

--Chris

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Chris Marshall <[email protected]>wrote:

> I should point out that the Perl OpenGL module is
> listed as a dependency only for automated testing.
> PDL will build without it ok---you just use the 3D
> plotting.  I guess that explains why some people
> have complained about PDL *requiring* OpenGL
> when it doesn't---unless the AUTOMATED_TESTING
> environment variable is set.
>
> --Chris
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:53 PM, David Mertens 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Eric -
>>
>> Cool module, thanks for pointing it out. It's always good to know about
>> other modules out there for making plots, especially native LaTeX plots.
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Eric Lindblad <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> PerlDL Developers,
>>>
>>> Browsing the PDL-2.4.11_003.tar.gz file "DEPENDENCIES" - and testing the
>>> make/build of some of the listed [in that file] - I note that Convert::UU
>>> will not pass all tests. Some of PDL's potential modules are for (appearing
>>> to be) not currently maintained utilities.
>>>
>>
>> I am *very* suspicious of the failing test report. Check the MetaCPAN
>> page for Convert::UU - https://metacpan.org/module/Convert::UU. On the
>> left of the page it shows the number of passes, fails, and unknowns. The
>> latest version has been around since 2008 and it has over 3000 passes and
>> zero fails or unknowns.
>>
>>
>>>  My interest would be for PDL as a dependency to LaTeX-PGF-Diagram2D,
>>> but there is no indication as to which PDL modules would be utilized by
>>> LaTeX-PGF-Diagram2D, presuming one wants the full capabilites of
>>> LaTeX-PGF-Diagram2D?
>>>
>>
>> Chris Marshall has put a *lot* of work into making PDL install from CPAN
>> on all major platforms, so I don't think you'll hit trouble here.
>>
>> The documentation says that the code uses PDL to sole linear equations.
>> That could mean that it uses Slatec, which is not guaranteed to be on every
>> machine. The code in LaTeX::PGF::Diagram is not pretty and it was really
>> hard to find the PDL-specific stuff, but in my digging I only came across
>> stock PDL stuff like zeroes and inv, which work anywhere and don't depend
>> on Slatec. So, you should be good to go.
>>
>>
>>> Do you know anyone who is familiar with LaTeX-PGF-Diagram2D? Who might
>>> be able to clarify this matter? Of course I am aware that "...Diagram2D"
>>> likely has nothing to do with 3D.
>>>
>>
>> I never heard of it before today. Have you tried contacting the module
>> author?
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Eric Lindblad
>>>
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>> David
>>
>> --
>>  "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
>>   Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
>>   by definition, not smart enough to debug it." -- Brian Kernighan
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