in reply to PGPLOT module install on win32

PGPLOT is a Fortran 77 graphics library (thus the F77). There is then a Perl XS (C) wrapper on top of that to let you get at it from Perl. Sounds complex? Correct. Here is the home page of the library http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~tjp/pgplot/

To get it to work you will either need to find a precompiled PPM version somewhere on the web, or compile it yourself. Compiling it yourself will not be trivial. You are going to need a Fortran77 compiler and MSVC++.

See A Guide To Installing Modules and A Practical Guide to Compiling C based Modules under ActiveState using Microsoft C++ as a first step, then Google for how to compile the underlying Fortran library on Win32. Good luck. PodMaster takes requests for his repository. He may like to give it a bash.

cheers

tachyon

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Re^2: PGPLOT module install on win32
by kesterkester (Hermit) on Aug 26, 2004 at 03:51 UTC

    As always, an awesome post. Thanks much. I'm game for a challenge, so I'll give compiling it a shot; off to find a win32 f77 compiler....

      So what happened? I've been banging my head on this for several days... I have Visual C++ .net (standard) installed, didn't help...