accessing perldl

Blue_eyed_son has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi--I am running Activeperl 5.8.8 build 822 on winxp. I've installed the PDL module through ppm, but when I try to enter the command line environment, typing `perldl', I get "`perldl' is not recognized as an internal or external command."
How do I get this up and running?
Thanks.

Update: tod222, thanks--I needed to set the path. In case anyone else comes across this problem, instructions for setting the path for a few different OS can be found
here

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Re: accessing perldl by tod222 (Pilgrim) on Sep 03, 2008 at 22:22 UTC
You need to either: Find where the perldl executable was installed and put its location in your path. Make a batch file that runs perldl using its full path and put it in a location containing other executables, such as the windows/system directory. Type the full path to perldl when you run it. You may get better suggestions from someone who has actually run PDL on Windows (I haven't) but I thought I'd make an attempt at an answer. The PDL Mailing List will likely be a good source for answers to this and other questions. Glad to see people using PDL! :)	[reply]
Re: accessing perldl by syphilis (Archbishop) on Sep 04, 2008 at 01:21 UTC
How do I get this up and running? I'm not sure which ppm package you've grabbed - but the one that ActiveState provides is a bit limited in relation to the functionality that it provides. It's a much better option to: `ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/PDL.ppd` [download] You'll probably first need to `ppm remove PDL` before you'll be able to successfully run that installation command. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l] [select]