1. From command prompt "ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/Math-Gsl.ppd"

You specified "Math-Gsl", instead of the correct "Math-GSL". (I'm not sure if that can cause problems.)

2. It installed correctly but not sure if it downloaded the necesary DLL's correctly.

If you accepted the defaults, then you should find libgsl-0.dll and libgslcblas-0.dll in your perl/bin folder. (Otherwise they should be found in the non-default location that you specified.) The only requirement wrt those 2 DLL's is that they be in a folder that is in your path.

Step 3 is unnecessary and wrong (and quite possibly the cause of the problem.) To install Math::GSL via ppm, all you need do is run ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/Math-GSL.ppd and follow the prompts ... nothing more.

it gave me an error saying that it "can't locate loadable object".

This means that the Math::GSL module is not installed correctly - it has nothing to do with the DLL's upon which Math::GSL depends. Try installing the module again - only this time specify "Math-GSL". If ppm won't re-install it because it's already there, then first run ppm remove Math-GSL (or ppm remove Math-Gsl as the case may be). There's no need to repeat the downloading of the 2 DLL's if you already have them.

I'm not sure what to do about that Math folder you copied over. Just leave it as is for the moment, and we'll see what eventuates.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re: How to install Math::GSL module by syphilis
in thread How to install Math::GSL module by Niner710

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