These days, the preferred way to compile/install tools on OSX is Homebrew (http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/). It'd be awesome if someone could create a "keg" for PDL. Trust me, you really want to use Homebrew instead of MacPorts if at all possible.
Ben -- Benjamin Schuster-Boeckler 116 Charles Street Oxford OX4 3AT [email protected] On 24 Jan 2013, at 13:00, Timothy Pickering <[email protected]> wrote: >> You can get SciPDL version 2.4.10 from the PDL files >> on sf.net. Start from http://pdl.perl.org and click on >> Get PDL->Easiest possible install->Mac OS X for a >> binary. PDL pretty much builds out of the box so if >> someone wants to maintain the MacPorts distribution >> that would be fine with me. > > i'd like to mention that in the python-verse there are a few SciPDL-like > options such as the enthought python distribution (EPD). however, a survey > of python users (at least astronomical ones) found that a significant > plurality (~40%) used python and python utilities provided by either linux or > macports package managers. here's the link: > > http://astrofrog.github.com/blog/2013/01/13/what-python-installations-are-scientists-using/ > > the take-away, i think, is that the more easily users can 'apt-get' or 'port > install' up-to-date versions of PDL, the more PDL users you'll get. > > if someone would like to take up the macports torch, i'm attaching a copy of > the Portfile i use to maintain my personal copy of p5-pdl. one thing i've > never gotten to work to my satisfaction is getting the pdldoc database built > and installed properly under either a port or rpm build environment. the > builds are done in a temporary directory and the install staged to a > different temporary directory. if run normally, the scantree.pl script would > hard-code those temporary filenames into the database. a workaround was to > run scantree post-install, but then the resulting files ended up not under > package manager control. i haven't had time or motivation to deal with it > further so have just left it as-is. > > tim > > <Portfile> > -- > +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | T. E. Pickering, Ph.D. | Southern African Large Telescope | > | SALT Astronomer | SAAO | > | [email protected] (520) 305-9823 | Observatory Road | > | [email protected] +27(0)214606284 | 7925 Observatory, South Africa | > +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ > overflow error in /dev/null > > > _______________________________________________ > Perldl mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
