The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: modid: Alien::Gnuplot DSLIP: adhnp description: Check for (and try to install) Gnuplot userid: ZOWIE (Craig DeForest) chapterid: 23 (Miscellaneous_Modules) communities:
similar: PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot Chart::Gnuplot Term::Gnuplot Charg::Graph::Gnuplot rationale: Several modules exist whose job is to dispatch plot requests to the standalone Gnuplot application in various Perl contexts. Each module currently has to check for Gnuplot's presence on its own, and users have to manually search for Gnuplot at various repositories. Alien::Gnuplot follows the Alien creed: on install it checks for Gnuplot and, if it is not present, attempts to install it. On "use Alien::Gnuplot" it attempts to find Gnuplot and loads a few package variables with self-reported information about the Gnuplot on your system (or else throws an exception if it can't find gnuplot). there is some hackage so that "use Alien::Gnuplot 4.6" will apply the 4.6 to the Gnuplot application instead of the module. enteredby: ZOWIE (Craig DeForest) enteredon: Thu Mar 14 07:59:06 2013 GMT The resulting entry would be: Alien:: ::Gnuplot adhnp Check for (and try to install) Gnuplot ZOWIE Thanks for registering, -- The PAUSE PS: The following links are only valid for module list maintainers: Registration form with editing capabilities: https://pause.perl.org/pause/authenquery?ACTION=add_mod&USERID=6fb00000_86e50c146d4bd6c5&SUBMIT_pause99_add_mod_preview=1 Immediate (one click) registration: https://pause.perl.org/pause/authenquery?ACTION=add_mod&USERID=6fb00000_86e50c146d4bd6c5&SUBMIT_pause99_add_mod_insertit=1 Peek at the current permissions: https://pause.perl.org/pause/authenquery?pause99_peek_perms_by=me&pause99_peek_perms_query=Alien%3A%3AGnuplot