So probably you want to use perlbrew

http://www.perlbrew.pl/

and use what's called there bleeding-edge cpan

Fabio D'Alfonso wrote:
> (resend in text mode)
> Hi,
> I rely on cpan to get perl modules. This works fine on 11.04.
> The system gives me all  the libs and headers and I use them to get
> modules built. This is the 'acceptable' boundary, which results in
> having an updated Perl baseline, based on a "set it and forget it"
> system landscape.
> 
> Just as an example I cannot build both Math::GSL .27 and PDL 2.006 on
> 12.10 while they are gracefully working on 11.04.
> 
> Obviously I could hold a 12.10 for a cool desktop use of  linux, but it
> seems to me not viable to be a development replacement, if the upper
> described scheme is not applicable.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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> On 4/21/2013 5:56 AM, Clifford Sobchuk wrote:
>> Hi Fabio. What specifically are you having issues with on ubuntu
>> 12.10. I am running it fine, both in a VM as well as on two physical
>> machines. If you use the package manager, everything should install
>> fine. Either software centre or synaptic should work. Let me know
>> where you see having difficulties and I'll try to replicate. Thanks,
>> Cliff.
>>
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Fabio D'Alfonso <[email protected]>
>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: 04-20-2013 3:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Perldl] PDL on Ubuntu 12.10?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>> it seems to me that recently the system update is growing to be too much
>> invasive.
>> Forgetting for a moment that ubuntu as other linux dists are free, if
>> the updates/repos become the preferred way to manage the systems also
>> showing files as perl-modules or new base perl versions (within the
>> major 5.14) as updates, as I see in this 12.10, SO  they should be
>> updated at the 'right' speed.
>> As this is obvioulsy IMpossible with perl / cpan the conclusion is that
>> this cannot work.   The current 11.04 supplied about all the system
>> packages needed to interface with Perl, and starting that I used cpan to
>> build and update the baseline.
>>
>> Just as I have a software still using SQL2000 (...), there is a
>> reasonable outlook to something similar with my Ubuntu 11.04, that is
>> the latest edible in the landscape.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Fabio D'Alfonso
>> 'Enabling Business Through IT'
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>> On 4/20/2013 10:43 PM, Jan Hoogenraad wrote:
>>> I just use the Ubuntu PDL package.
>>> It's an old version of PDL, but stable, and it works fine.
>>>
>>> Fabio D'Alfonso wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I have a working 11.04 VM, fully configured (it is old only what
>>>> doesn't
>>>> give expected results) , but was looking at 12.10 to evaluate a future
>>>> move.
>>>> I made a perl Makefile.PL to check what was needed to get all the
>>>> Yes in
>>>> building as I made with the current setup
>>>>
>>>> I am finding problems with TriD and GD among others as I cannot find
>>>> packages to support also other config parts (more than the -dev part of
>>>> the story)
>>>> I am getting also issue with the direct Math::GSL setup (beyond the
>>>> harmless test on characters).
>>>>
>>>> Is there some report about PDL on this version of Ubuntu, showing many
>>>> updated interpretation on some packages/functionality, that seem not
>>>> matching as before?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>
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