Daniel Carrera writes:
>
> I'm working on install instructions for Linux:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/pdl/index.php?title=Installing_PDL_on_Linux
>
> I'm taking the approach of actually *testing*
> the install on a *pristine* copy of each OS.
> I document the results, and I list other
> distributions for which the results should
> probably apply.  It takes longer to do it this way,
> but you get more dependable install instructions.

Great!

> I would like to have a list of *key* modules that
> I should try to get working. I don't want to test
> every possible module. I want to test a small set
> of key modules. This is what I have so far:
>
> * PGPLOT
> * PLplot
> * Graphics::TriD

You are talking binary installs, yes?  I would
suggest extracting a copy of the PDL source for
the version installed and just run the desired
test programs in PDL/t/.

If you are talking about manual build installs,
I suggest trying a clean PDL, clean OS run first
keeping logs of the process.  I use this for my
runs:

( set -x ; perl Makefile.PL ; make ; make test ) 2>&1 | tee -a 
../pdl-246015-vanilla-log.txt

Then you can do 'perl -Mblib t/opengl.t' or whatever
your desired test.

NOTE: I believe a PDL build with all the WITH_*
options for external dependencies turned off should
build as long as the OS has C and perl development
environments.

> Does that look like a good list? Anything I
> missed? If you suggest another module, please also
> suggest how I can get it working and a simple test
> to confirm that it is working. Thanks.

Look at PDL/cygwin/INSTALL has some (now out-of-date)
notes from the cygwin build testing.

Cheers,
Chris
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