Hi everyone,

Just wondering what you guys think about updating the Fedora install docs
with what I suggested?  I will definitely do the the Ubuntu one too, I just
didn't have an Ubuntu box with me.

best,
Leandro

On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Leandro Hermida <[email protected]
> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Leandro Hermida <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> For PGPLOT support (do before PDL install):
>>
>> REQUIRED: Build Environment (C and Fortran-77 compilers)
>>
>> yum install gcc compat-gcc-34-g77
>>
>> REQUIRED: PGPLOT X-Window Device Drivers
>>
>> yum install libX11-devel
>>
>> Installation:
>>
>> 1. Download and unpack PGPLOT source from
>> ftp://astro.caltech.edu/pub/pgplot/pgplot5.2.tar.gz (into for example
>> $HOME/downloads/pgplot)
>>
>> 2. Create target directory (e.g. $HOME/soft/pgplot)
>>
>> mkdir -p $HOME/soft/pgplot
>> cp $HOME/downloads/pgplot/drivers.list $HOME/soft/pgplot/
>> cd $HOME/soft/pgplot
>>
>> 3. Edit drivers.list and uncomment /XWINDOW and /XSERVE lines
>>
>> 4. From within target directory, create makefile by running the following
>> command:
>>
>> $HOME/downloads/pgplot/makemake $HOME/pgplot linux g77_gcc
>>
>> 5. Then make:
>>
>> make
>>
>> This will create libpgplot.a and the necessary X-Window files.
>>
>> 6. Now make the C binding:
>>
>> make cpg
>>
>
> Sorry totally forgot that for PGPLOT don't even need to go the manual route
> as I detailed here above.  It's easier to simply install the RPM Fusion
> Non-free Yum repository (Yum instructions at
> http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration under 'Command Line Setup using RPM').
> Once that's set up simply run:
>
> yum install pgplot-devel
> cpan PGPLOT
> cpan PDL
>
> Much easier...
>
> -Leandro
>
>
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