Hi Mariano, On Sunday 28 November 2010 08:35:34 Mariano Loza Coll wrote: > 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. >
Windows Vista (and certainly "Windows Vista Home Basic") has a very bad reputation. See http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/anti/windows-vista/ . I don't think that is the source of your problems, however. Furthermore, please try using Strawberry Perl instead of ActivePerl: http://strawberryperl.com/ Strawberry is an open-source, community-driven distribution of perl 5 for Windows, and is more recommended over ActivePerl. > 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 It's possible that you're missing a compiler. Strawberry Perl has one built- in. > > 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, but there's no need to repay us in the short-term (unless you want to by donating money to the Perl foundation/etc.). > > Thanks a bunch, > > Mariano Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ What does "Zionism" mean? - http://shlom.in/def-zionism <rindolf> She's a hot chick. But she smokes. <go|dfish> She can smoke as long as she's smokin'. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
