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in thread Adding modules to a PC manually

No this is not right if this is an Active State installation.

An Active State module is completely compiled and "read to go " module for Windows (or actually Lunix or OS X) is a .ppd file. Down load that file to a jump drive, CD, DVD or whatever.

type>ppm help install

basically: ppm> install X:\module.ppd

where X:\ is the jump drive or CD root

Things are more complicated if you are not using Active State. The Active State .ppd file is "ready to go" - no nmake or compiler is needed. No build process. You are done in less than a minute. Some big critters will require more .ppd files that the target .ppd file depends upon. If that happens, then download more .ppd files, on the same media and ppm will find them - rinse repeat.

There are multiple repositories for .ppd files, the largest in on the Active State site. Building an Active State .ppd yourself can be mess, but it usually not necessary. You have to have the right compiler (VC6 or mingw) and that can be a mess. These are available as a download able .ppd, but I strongly recommend against it. Go with the flow and do the easy thing.

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Re^3: Adding modules to a PC manually
by SeigePerlous (Novice) on Oct 15, 2011 at 20:15 UTC
    It appears the only file ppm downloaded was Util.pm into my PDL folder. There is no .ppd file. I have copied this file to the target computer's PDL folder but my script still tells me it can't find it.

    There is documentation on Util that says "PDL::Util does not export anything by default. A list of symbols may be imported as usual. The exportable symbols come in two types, functions (tag :function) and methods (tag :methods).
    The word methods here is a strange word. When importing symbols one does not import methods. In this context a 'method' is a function which expects a piddle as its first argument. However, there is a reason ... If an array reference or hash reference is passed as the last item in the import list, the reference will be passed to the add_pdl_method function below, in which case these functions are imported into the PDL namespace and may be used as method calls.
    Note, when doing this for symbols from the PDL::Util module, only those listed in the :methods tag may be added as a method (this is the origin of the confusing terminology). "
    I tried adding
    PDL::Util::add_pdl_method({'getArray' => 'unroll'});
    but then I get the error "Referenced methods or constants a package doesn't define: Util::add_pdl_method"
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      It appears the only file ppm downloaded was Util.pm into my PDL folder

      That's fine, so long as the dependencies listed under PREREQ_PM in the Makefile.PL are met.
      PDL::Util is pure perl and Util.pm is the only file needed for PDL::Util to be functional.
      This works ok for me on MS Windows (version 0.010 of PDL::Util): 
      use strict;
use warnings;
use PDL;
use PDL::Util 'add_pdl_method';

add_pdl_method({'getArray' => 'unroll'});

print "OK\n";

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      (Btw, the the perldl mailing list is an excellent resource for PDL issues.)

      Cheers,
      Rob

      UPDATE: For the latest and most "feature-packed" versions of PDL (via PPM), including the latest devel release, refer to the wiki entry on installing PDL on Windows.
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      ppm connects over the internet in the default mode.

      I you do not have interned connectivity, then you have to go find the .ppd file, download it yourself. Then you can use ppm to install it. look at: ppm 10xx. If that doesn't work search for PDL .ppd or other variations on this theme. Get the .ppd file onto your machine locally via "sneaker net" or whatever and then use ppm.

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