HowToInstallPdl

PDL-module installation for EMMA2

The Perlmodule PDL needs a non-standard configuration in order to handle missing values. Therefor, neither pre-packaged binary modules nor the CPAN-shell install path can be used. The installation process is described in short:

Downloading and unpacking

Download the latest PDL module distribution from http://search.cpan.org/~csoe/PDL/ and save it in a local file. In the download directory unpack the .tar.gz file:

 tar -xzf PDL-2.x.x.tar.gz 

Configuring PDL

Change into the PDL-2.x.x directory.

Edit the file perldl.conf. Locate the following two lines:

        WITH_BADVAL => 0,
#	WITH_BADVAL => 1,

and change them to

#	WITH_BADVAL => 0,
	WITH_BADVAL => 1,

Building and installing

After editing the configuration options just say

perl Makefile.PL

If that is ok, run:

make

make test

make install (you need to be a privileged user (aka. 'root' for this step)

This should install PDL in the standard perl-module location. For more information about the installation process, see the INSTALL file in the distribution.