in reply to Testing for non-perl system requirements

Math::Pari requires the library PARI. It even has a utility class Math::PariBuild to help during installation. Running the makefile gives the following:
$ perl Makefile.PL Did not find GP/PARI build directory around. Do you want to me to fetch GP/PARI automatically? (If you do not, you will need to fetch it manually, and/or direct me to the directory with GP/PARI source via the command-line option paridir=/dir)
Read the sources and be inspired.
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Andreas