Fun (pain) installing Math::Pari on cygwin.

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

Venerable monks,

I'm trying to get Net::SSH::Perl up to do some nifty stuff, which depends (transitively!) on Math::Pari. Unfortunately, I'm having more fun getting Pari installed than I'd necessarily like. This is probably because my perl's in Cygwin on Windows 7, and further, my Windows installation is 64-bit (but Cygwin's 32).

For those curious, the build ends in this way:

gcc-4 -c  -I .././pari-2.1.7/src -I .././pari-2.1.7/src/headers -I ../
+./pari-2.1.7/src/graph -I . -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -U__STRICT_ANSI__ 
+-g3 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include
+ -DUSEIMPORTLIB -O3   -DVERSION=\"\" -DXS_VERSION=\"\"  -Derr=pari_er
+r -DASMINLINE -DGCC_INLINE -DDYNAMIC_PLOTTING -o compat.o .././pari-2
+.1.7/src/language/compat.c
gcc-4 -c  -I .././pari-2.1.7/src -I .././pari-2.1.7/src/headers -I ../
+./pari-2.1.7/src/graph -I . -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -U__STRICT_ANSI__ 
+-g3 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include
+ -DUSEIMPORTLIB -O3   -DVERSION=\"\" -DXS_VERSION=\"\"  -Derr=pari_er
+r -DASMINLINE -DGCC_INLINE -DDYNAMIC_PLOTTING -o base3.o .././pari-2.
+1.7/src/basemath/base3.c
gcc-4 -c  -I .././pari-2.1.7/src -I .././pari-2.1.7/src/headers -I ../
+./pari-2.1.7/src/graph -I . -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -U__STRICT_ANSI__ 
+-g3 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include
+ -DUSEIMPORTLIB -O3   -DVERSION=\"\" -DXS_VERSION=\"\"  -Derr=pari_er
+r -DASMINLINE -DGCC_INLINE -DDYNAMIC_PLOTTING -o mp.o .././pari-2.1.7
+/src/kernel/none/mp.c
{standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:32982: Error: operand type mismatch for `div'
make[1]: *** [mp.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/arlen/.cpan/build/Math-Pari-2.010806
+05-VlhOm9/libPARI'
make: *** [libPARI/libPARI.a] Error 2
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The operand type mismatch is what makes me think this might be a 32/64-bit thing. The same result happens regardless of whether I invoke cpanm Math::Pari, cpan -i Math::Pari, or enter ~/.cpan/build/Math-Pari-... and perl Makefile.PL; make thence.

Math::Pari's INSTALL mentions some assembly detection magic, but states that it'll default to machine=none, which is meant to use portable C. That does seem to be the case here (and I tried forcing it in the last example, to the same effect).

I'm going to give this a go with ActivePerl now (maybe a native solution will be better? I'm not sure! The package manager seems to lack Net::SSH::Perl, but I don't really know what I'm doing with this thing (ActivePerl) now that I've installed it), but I'm not hopeful. If any monks have any advice, I'd be most appreciative.

Anne

brief update: found a repository for ActivePerl that included Math::Pari, having fun seeing how far I can kick it!

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Re: Fun (pain) installing Math::Pari on cygwin. by syphilis (Archbishop) on Oct 05, 2011 at 06:34 UTC
The presence of `-DASMINLINE` and `Assembler messages` make me think that it's very unlikely that a generic C build is being attempted. IIRC, the way to get that C build is to start with `perl Makefile.PL machine=none` so give that a try - but make sure you run `make realclean` first. found a repository for ActivePerl that included Math::Pari, having fun seeing how far I can kick it! Math::Pari that's built for ActivePerl won't work at all with Cygwin's perl. BTW, there are better options for SSH than Net::SSH::Perl - eg I think Net::OpenSSH should be fine on Cygwin, or there's also Net::SSH2. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Fun (pain) installing Math::Pari on cygwin. by anneli (Pilgrim) on Oct 05, 2011 at 06:40 UTC
You raise some very good points: I completely failed to run `make realclean` (or indeed, make steps to find out that I'd need to do that!) Math::Pari that's built for ActivePerl won't work at all with Cygwin's perl. Indeed: I was going to just switch to using ActivePerl entirely, if it was going to get things working and otherwise function identically; this is for a few small scripts at work, so I'm not too fussed about the environment (yet), though keeping things in Cygwin is preferable for homogeneity's sake. Using Net::OpenSSH or Net::SSH2 sounds like a much better idea! I had only scratched the surface of the SSH modules, it seems. :) Thanks! Anne	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Fun (pain) installing Math::Pari on cygwin. by syphilis (Archbishop) on Oct 05, 2011 at 07:26 UTC
I was going to just switch to using ActivePerl entirely, if it was going to get things working and otherwise function identically Fair enough ... if you do switch to ActivePerl, be aware that although Net::OpenSSH should be fine on Cygwin, it's a no-go on native Windows perls such as ActivePerl. However, Net::SSH2 is fine on ActivePerl. If your current list of ppm repos doesn't have a ppm package for Net::SSH2: `ppm repo add sisyphusion ppm install Net-SSH2` [download] Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Fun (pain) installing Math::Pari on cygwin. by salva (Canon) on Oct 05, 2011 at 07:43 UTC
Re^5: Fun (pain) installing Math::Pari on cygwin. by syphilis (Archbishop) on Oct 05, 2011 at 08:12 UTC
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Re: Fun (pain) installing Math::Pari on cygwin. by MrCricket (Sexton) on Oct 06, 2011 at 20:12 UTC
Try to configure it with machine=hppa, worked for me (W7pro_64 + cygwin 1.7.9 + Math-Pari-2.01080605.tar.gz): `perl Makefile.PL machine=hppa make make test make install` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Fun (pain) installing Math::Pari on cygwin. by anneli (Pilgrim) on Oct 06, 2011 at 22:41 UTC
Thanks! I'll be sure to try this configuration if I end up depending on Pari another way! Anne :)	[reply]
Re^2: Fun (pain) installing Math::Pari on cygwin. by Anonymous Monk on May 01, 2013 at 21:07 UTC
This worked flawlessly on 2008R2.	[reply]