Hi all, I'm new to programming, and only recently did I start playing around with command prompts, etc, so it's probably no surpise that I'm having some difficulty trying to install a module using cpan. The module Math:GSL (GSL-0.22 by Jonathan Leto). I'm using ActivePerl 5.12 on Windows Vista Home Basic.
Here's what I've done so far. - First, I tried using the PPM. But as far as I could tell, they have a much older version of the module in their repository at U Winnipeg (GSL-0.14 if I recall correctly). - Then I gathered some courage and went for a cpan install. Following CPAN instructions, I first ran a perl -MCPAN -e shell Some stuff happened (to be expected, since I was running the cpan shell for the first time). I ended up with the expected "cpan >" prompt, which I used for the following command cpan > install "Math:GSL" A lot happened, and at the end I got a message that went more or less like this: ExtUtils::PkgConfig is currently needed to find GSL for the compilation of this module. It may be bundled with Math::GSL in the future. No 'Build' created LETO/Math-GSL-0.22.tar.gz Running Build test Make had some problems, won't test Running Build install Make had some problems, won't install Failed during this command: TSCH/ExtUtils-PkgConfig-1.12.tar.gz : writemakefile NO -- No 'Makefile' created LETO/Math-GSL-0.22.tar.gz : writemakefile NO -- No 'Build' created I hit some online discussions and came across a suggestion to use the "get" command in cpan first - instead of jumping to install at once - so I could see where the problem lies. So I tried cpan > get "Math::GSL" When I tried that, it seemed to run for a while until it hit a loop with the following message: Running get for module ' ExtUtils::PkgConfig ' ----------------- Unsatisfied dependencies detected during ------------------- ------------ LETO/Math-GSL-0.22.tar.gz ----------------------- ExtUtils::PkgConfig [build_requires] I'm stuck. Any advice? Chances are I won't be able to re-pay you with solutions to your Perl questions for a while. But if you have absolutely any questions about molecular biology or biology in general, fire away. Thanks a bunch, Mariano
