On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Daniel Carrera <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kishor, > > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 5:39 PM, P Kishor <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Daniel Carrera <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I think we should just admit that we don't support OS X. >> >> Why? PDL works just fine on Mac OS X. I am using it right now. There >> are two options -- one is the one-click SciKarl install now so kindly >> maintained by Matthew Kenworthy.> > > As I said to Michiel, if you can give me instructions that are updated > and correct, I will be delighted to include OS X. But as it is, all > the stuff I can find is several years out of date. I had no idea that > Matt was maintaining anything. Where is it? The only stuff linked from > the wiki is clearly unmaintained since it has not been updated in 3 > years.
The link for SciKarl is in the wiki http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/pdl/index.php?title=Installing_PDL_on_Mac_OS_X It is dated 2007, but seems to install PDL 2.4.3. I think that Matt is shepherding SciKarl now, but I don't have the link to it right now. > > >> The other is a custom installation >> which is no different from regular Unix installation. > > In which case the "Manual Installation" section will cover it, right? > Yes. However, by prominently listing "Linux" and "Windows," it seems as if other operating systems are not supported. Perhaps the page should be something like so -- One-Click Install Packages --------------------------------------- - Linux - various flavors of Linux that have PDL install packages - Mac OS X - SciKarl - Windows Manual Installation --------------------------- For custom installation on Unix-like operating systems such as Linux and Mac OS X, please see the wiki > >> It is difficult to write about a custom install because, well, because it is >> custom. > > My general attitude is that if a feature is undocumented, it doesn't exist. > It is documented. It is in the wiki under "Manual Installation." > Really, would you rather I write a Mac OS section that says "PDL > supports OS X but we can't be bothered to tell you how, so you'll have > to figure it out yourself" ? Cause that basically seems to be the > state of affairs right now. > No, no. That is not the state of affairs. I got PDL up and running on Mac OS X, and I am a beginner at this stuff. Once again, except for a couple of modules, PDL builds and installs just fine on a Mac. > If someone gives me updated and correct instructions for OS X, I will > add them in a heart beat. The instructions are -- 1. Successfully install all the dependencies that you want. 2. Install PDL. Each dependency might have its own quirk, and that is really outside the purview of PDL. > > Daniel. > -- > Intolerant people should be shot. > -- Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org Carbon Model http://carbonmodel.org Charter Member, Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org Science Commons Fellow, http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/kishor Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Assertions are politics; backing up assertions with evidence is science ======================================================================= _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
