Some approaches for getting PDL on a Mac OS X are:
(1) use the SciKarl PDL distribution from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdl/files/
(2) use the CPAN shell to install PDL which
should be as simple as starting the cpan
shell and typing 'install PDL'.
(3) a manual download, build, test, and install
If approach #1 is not sufficient for your
needs and #2 fails for some reason, then a
manual install of PDL and its dependencies
is the best way to find, report, and solve
problems. I'll defer to Mac OS X users
for details here. Eventually, with enough
feedback and problem reports, it should
become just 'install PDL' under the cpan
shell or something even simpler.
Good luck,
Chris
On 7/3/2010 10:01 AM, Barry Hall wrote:
> Trying to install PDL using CPAN -- newbie not sure where to start here.
> I've just accepted whatever else CPAN wanted to install.
> Need someone to point me in the right direction.
> Used to using PPM on windows based machine.
> Never had this number of errors trying install any package.
> Don't know where to start.
>
>
>
> cpan> install PDL
>
>
> I get a lot of these:
>
> -- NOT OK
> Running make test
> Can't test without successful make
> Running make install
> make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
>
>
> probable cause?
>
> Also had a couple of these:
>
>
> Can't locate ExtUtils/F77.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> /Library/Perl/Updates/5.8.8
> /System/Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level
> /System/Library/Perl/5.8.8
> /Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.8.8
> /Library/Perl
> /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level
> /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.8 /Network/Library/Perl
> /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level
> /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.8 /Library/Perl/5.8.6 /Library/Perl/5.8.1
> /Users/barryhall/.cpan/build/PDL-2.4.6
> /Users/barryhall/.cpan/build/PDL-2.4.6/Lib .) at (eval 269) line 2.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 269) line 2.
>
> ExtUtils::F77 module not found. Ought not build PDL::Slatec
>
>
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