On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Benjamin Schuster-Boeckler <[email protected]> wrote: > I also run pdl on osx 10.6 with no problems, but without pgplot or any > OpenGL stuff. In that case it was a simple perl Makefile.PL/make/make > install. >
Exactly. My sense is that if I turn off the complicated dependencies in perldl.conf, PDL will be a 3-click install. > Ben > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 25 Jul 2010, at 17:17, Daniel Carrera <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Michiel, >> >> If you volunteer to write install instructions for OS X which are >> current and *correct*, I will be delighted to put them on the page. >> >> It's just that, to an avid writer like me, linking to instructions >> that are 4 years old feels a lot like getting punched in the stomach. >> >> Daniel. >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Michiel Lambrechts >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> "I think we should just admit that we don't support OS X. In fact, I >>> don't include OS X at all in the install page I wrote." >>> >>> I'm running scikarl on Mac os x 10.5.8. without any problems. Easy >>> install. Includes everything I need. >>> I believe Matthew Kenworthy is working on the latest scikarl release >>> (which I haven't tested yet). I guess he can tell you more. >>> >>> M >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Daniel Carrera >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I've made another update. The most significant change is the >>>> addition >>>> of an 'install' page: >>>> >>>> http://pdl.perl.org/future/?page=install >>>> >>>> I'll say it right now: This page sucks. I hate it. >>>> >>>> At best, this page is a stop-gag measure until PDL 2.4.7 brings some >>>> installation sanity and someone provides *updated* instructions. The >>>> problem is that the wiki instructions are so grossly incomplete and >>>> out of date. The instructions for Windows say that they only apply >>>> to >>>> PDL 2.4.3 (!!!!) and the page for OS X only links to Karl's website. >>>> In turn, Karl's website has install files that are **3 years** out >>>> of >>>> date, and instructions that are **4 years** out of date. >>>> >>>> I think we should just admit that we don't support OS X. In fact, I >>>> don't include OS X at all in the install page I wrote. It's >>>> depressing >>>> to think that, as bad as it is, this page is actually an improvement >>>> over going to the wiki. At least it doesn't give you umpteen >>>> instructions for Linux, all of which are 3 years old. >>>> >>>> Anyway, I just wanted to be honest about the current status. The >>>> lack >>>> of updated and correct install instructions is the biggest gaping >>>> hole >>>> on the website and the documentation. I really hope that PDL 2.4.7 >>>> allows us to resolve this pressing issue. >>>> >>>> Daniel. >>>> -- >>>> Intolerant people should be shot. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Perldl mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Intolerant people should be shot. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- 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
