Hello monks. I'm trying to install PDL using CPANPLUS. The cpanp help shows how to install modules easily enough, but I can't figure out how to install bundles. Indeed I didn't even know there was a distinction between the two. If you look for PDL on cpan, you should find I tried this in cpanp:

CPAN Terminal> m pdl

   1 Algorithm::Simplex::PDL                    MATEU     
   2 Astro::FITS::CFITSIO::Simple::PDL   0.16   DJERIUS   
   3 BPM::XPDL                           0.03   MARKOV    
   4 BPM::XPDL::Util                     0.03   MARKOV

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which, as you can see, came up with a handful of modules to be used with PDL, but not PDL itself. On the other hand, in cpan I get

cpan[3]> i PDL
Module id = PDL
    DESCRIPTION  Perl Data Language - numeric analysis env
    CPAN_USERID  PERLDL (The Perl Data Language Mailing List <perldl@j
+ach.hawaii.edu>)
    CPAN_VERSION 2.004004
    CPAN_FILE    C/CH/CHM/PDL-2.4.4.tar.gz
    UPLOAD_DATE  2008-11-13
    DSLIP_STATUS amcf? (alpha,mailing-list,C,functions,)
    MANPAGE      PDL - the Perl Data Language
    INST_FILE    (not installed)

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which is precisely what I'm looking for.

So my question is this: can I search for and install bundles using CPANPLUS, and if so, how do I do it? Or, is this a present limitation of CPANPLUS, so I'll have to use cpan to do it?

P.S. I'll probably start monitoring the git repository for pdl. Still, it would be nice to know how to do this using CPANPLUS.

In reply to Can One Install Bundles using CPANPLUS? by pdltiger

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