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<sect1 id="pdl" xreflabel="PDL">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="pdl.html" ?>
<title><application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>-&pdl-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="pdl">
<primary sortas="a-PDL">PDL</primary></indexterm>
<?dbhtml filename="pdl.html" ?>
<sect2>
<title>Introduction to
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application></title>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<para><application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application> (Perl Data Language)
gives standard <application><acronym>Perl</acronym></application> the ability
to compactly store and quickly manipulate the large N-dimensional data arrays
common to scientific computing.
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application> turns
<application><acronym>Perl</acronym></application> into an array-oriented,
numerical language similar to such commerical packages as
<application>IDL</application> and <application>MatLab</application>. One can
write simple <application><acronym>Perl</acronym></application> expressions to
manipulate entire numerical arrays all at once.</para>
<title>PDL-&pdl-version;</title>
<para><application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application> provides extensive
numerical and semi-numerical functionality with support for two- and
three-dimensional visualisation as well as a variety of I/O formats. The goal
is to allow <application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application> to interact with
a variety of external numerical packages, graphics and visualisation systems.
Easy interfacing to such systems is one of the core design features of
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>.</para>
<indexterm zone="pdl">
<primary sortas="a-PDL">PDL</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
<ulink url="&pdl-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP):
<ulink url="&pdl-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &pdl-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &pdl-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&pdl-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&pdl-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to PDL</title>
<sect3>
<title><application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application> dependencies</title>
<para><application>PDL</application> (Perl Data Language) gives
standard <application>Perl</application> the ability to compactly store
and quickly manipulate the large N-dimensional data arrays common to
scientific computing. <application>PDL</application> turns
<application>Perl</application> into an array-oriented, numerical language
similar to such commerical packages as <application>IDL</application>
and <application>MatLab</application>. One can write simple
<application>Perl</application> expressions to manipulate entire numerical
arrays all at once.</para>
<para><application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application> is a collection of
over 90 <application><acronym>Perl</acronym></application> modules. Some of
these modules require additional libraries and/or
<application><acronym>Perl</acronym></application> modules for full
functionality. Listed below are the modules which require additional software
or configuration. If you don't need a particular module's functionality, you
don't need to install its dependencies. The dependency tree for each module
is listed downward, meaning you'll need to start at the bottom of a module's
tree and work up. The dependencies are listed in the same order as they are
in the <filename>DEPENDENCIES</filename> file, found in the package source
tree.</para>
<para><application>PDL</application> provides extensive numerical and
semi-numerical functionality with support for two- and three-dimensional
visualisation as well as a variety of I/O formats. The goal is to allow
<application>PDL</application> to interact with a variety of external numerical
packages, graphics and visualisation systems. Easy interfacing to such systems
is one of the core design features of <application>PDL</application>.</para>
<sect4>
<title><application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::NiceSlice</title>
<para>The <application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::NiceSlice
module is used to enhance <application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>'s
slice syntax. <quote>Slicing</quote> is a term used in the process of creating
a cross-section, or slice, of a
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application> object (piddle).</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pdl-download-http;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pdl-download-ftp;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download MD5 sum: &pdl-md5sum;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download size: &pdl-size;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated disk space required: &pdl-buildsize;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated build time: &pdl-time;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/P/PM/PMQS/Filter-&Filter-version;.tar.gz">
Filter-&Filter-version;</ulink></para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect4>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">PDL Dependencies</bridgehead>
<sect4>
<title>Inline::Pdlpp</title>
<para>The Inline::Pdlpp module allows you to define fast <acronym>PP</acronym>
code inline in your scripts.</para>
<para><application>PDL</application> is a collection of over 90
<application>Perl</application> modules. Some of these modules require
additional libraries and/or <application>Perl</application> modules for full
functionality. Listed below are the modules which require additional software
or configuration. If you don't need a particular module's functionality, you don't
need to install its dependencies. The dependency tree for each module is listed
downward, meaning you'll need to start at the bottom of a module's tree and work
up. The dependencies are listed in the same order as they are in the
<filename>DEPENDENCIES</filename> file, found in the package source tree.</para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/I/IN/INGY/Inline-&Inline-version;.tar.gz">
Inline-&Inline-version;</ulink></para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">PDL::NiceSlice</bridgehead>
<para>The <application>PDL</application>::NiceSlice module is used to
enhance <application>PDL</application>'s slice syntax. <quote>Slicing</quote>
is a term used in the process of creating a cross-section, or slice, of a
<application>PDL</application> object (piddle).</para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/D/DC/DCONWAY/Parse-RecDescent-&Parse-RecDescent-version;.tar.gz">
Parse-RecDescent-&Parse-RecDescent-version;</ulink></para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect4>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/P/PM/PMQS/Filter-&Filter-version;.tar.gz">
Filter-&Filter-version;</ulink></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect4><title>perldl</title>
<para><command>perldl</command> is a simple shell (written in
<application><acronym>Perl</acronym></application>) which allows interactive
use of <application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>.</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Inline::Pdlpp</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/H/HA/HAYASHI/Term-ReadLine-Gnu-&Term-ReadLine-Gnu-version;.tar.gz">
Term-ReadLine-Gnu-&Term-ReadLine-Gnu-version;</ulink></para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect4>
<para>The Inline::Pdlpp module allows you to define fast PP
code inline in your scripts.</para>
<sect4>
<title><application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::Graphics::TriD</title>
<para>The <application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::Graphics::TriD
module implements a generic <acronym>3D</acronym> plotting interface for
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>. Points, lines and surfaces
(among other objects) are supported.</para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/I/IN/INGY/Inline-&Inline-version;.tar.gz">
Inline-&Inline-version;</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/D/DC/DCONWAY/Parse-RecDescent-&Parse-RecDescent-version;.tar.gz">
Parse-RecDescent-&Parse-RecDescent-version;</ulink></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem>
<para>Open<acronym>GL</acronym> (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or
<xref linkend="xorg"/>)</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect4>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Perldl</bridgehead>
<sect4>
<title>
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::Graphics::PGPLOT</title>
<para>The <application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::Graphics::PGPLOT
module is a convenience interface to the <application>PGPLOT</application>
commands, implemented using the object oriented
<application>PGPLOT</application> plotting package in the
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window
module.</para>
<para><command>perldl</command> is a simple shell (written in
<application>Perl</application>) which allows interactive
use of <application>PDL</application>.</para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/K/KG/KGB/PGPLOT-&pgperl-version;.tar.gz">
pgperl</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/H/HA/HAYASHI/Term-ReadLine-Gnu-&Term-ReadLine-Gnu-version;.tar.gz">
Term-ReadLine-Gnu-&Term-ReadLine-Gnu-version;</ulink></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/K/KG/KGB/ExtUtils-F77-&ExtUtils-F77-version;.tar.gz">
ExtUtils-F77-&ExtUtils-F77-version;</ulink></para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">PDL::Graphics::TriD</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem>
<para><xref linkend="gcc"/> (Fortran compiler)</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<para>The <application>PDL</application>::Graphics::TriD module implements
a generic 3D plotting interface for <application>PDL</application>. Points,
lines and surfaces (among other objects) are supported.</para>
<listitem><para><ulink
url="http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~tjp/pgplot/">PGPLOT</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem>
<para>OpenGL (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or
<xref linkend="xorg"/>)</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem>
<para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
<xref linkend="lesstif"/>,
<xref linkend="tk"/> and
<xref linkend="gcc"/> (Fortran compiler)</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect4>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT</bridgehead>
<sect4>
<title>
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::Graphics::PLPLOT</title>
<para>The <application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::Graphics::PLPLOT
module is a simple interface to the <application>PLplot</application> plotting
library.</para>
<para>The <application>PDL</application>::Graphics::PGPLOT module is a
convenience interface to the <application>PGPLOT</application> commands,
implemented using the object oriented <application>PGPLOT</application>
plotting package in the <application>PDL</application>::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window
module.</para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem>
<para><ulink url="http://plplot.sourceforge.net/">PLplot</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/K/KG/KGB/PGPLOT-&pgperl-version;.tar.gz">
pgperl</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/K/KG/KGB/ExtUtils-F77-&ExtUtils-F77-version;.tar.gz">
ExtUtils-F77-&ExtUtils-F77-version;</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><xref linkend="gcc"/> (Fortran compiler)</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~tjp/pgplot/">PGPLOT</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
<xref linkend="lesstif"/>,
<xref linkend="tk"/> and
<xref linkend="gcc"/> (Fortran compiler)</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem>
<para><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
<xref linkend="GTK"/>,
<xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
<ulink url="http://www.boutell.com/gd/">GD</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.svgalib.org/">SVGAlib</ulink>,
<xref linkend="gnome-libs"/>,
<xref linkend="jdk"/>,
<xref linkend="tk"/>,
<xref linkend="python"/> (with the
<ulink url="http://www.pfdubois.com/numpy/">Numerical Extension</ulink>),
<xref linkend="gcc"/> (Fortran compiler),
<ulink url="http://www.swig.org/">SWIG</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/incrtcl/">iTcl</ulink></para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect4>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">PDL::Graphics::PLPLOT</bridgehead>
<sect4>
<title><application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::Graphics::IIS</title>
<para>The <application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::Graphics::IIS
module provides an interface to any image display <quote>device</quote> which
supports the <quote>IIS protocol</quote>.</para>
<para>The <application>PDL</application>::Graphics::PLPLOT module is a
simple interface to the <application>PLplot</application> plotting library.</para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
url="http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/saoimage.html">SAOimage</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="http://plplot.sourceforge.net/">PLplot</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
<xref linkend="GTK"/>,
<xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
<ulink url="http://www.boutell.com/gd/">GD</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.svgalib.org/">SVGAlib</ulink>,
<xref linkend="gnome-libs"/>,
<xref linkend="jdk"/>,
<xref linkend="tk"/>,
<xref linkend="python"/> (with the
<ulink url="http://www.pfdubois.com/numpy/">Numerical Extension</ulink>),
<xref linkend="gcc"/> (Fortran compiler),
<ulink url="http://www.swig.org/">SWIG</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/incrtcl/">iTcl</ulink></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem>
<para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>)</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">PDL::Graphics::IIS</bridgehead>
<listitem><para><ulink
url="http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/web/projects/x11iraf/x11iraf.html">
X11 IRAF</ulink></para>
<para>The <application>PDL</application>::Graphics::IIS
module provides an interface to any image display <quote>device</quote>
which supports the <quote>IIS protocol</quote>.</para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem>
<para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>) and
<xref linkend="tk"/></para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect4>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/saoimage.html">SAOimage</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>)</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/web/projects/x11iraf/x11iraf.html">X11
IRAF</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>) and
<xref linkend="tk"/></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
<title>
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::Graphics::Karma</title>
<para>The <application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::Graphics::Karma
module is an interface to <application>Karma</application> visualisation
applications.</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">PDL::Graphics::Karma</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
url="http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/karma/">Karma</ulink></para>
<para>The <application>PDL</application>::Graphics::Karma
module is an interface to <application>Karma</application> visualisation
applications.</para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem>
<para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>)</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/karma/">Karma</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>)</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> You may need to modify the
<parameter>WHERE_KARMA => undef</parameter> line in the source tree
<filename>perldl.conf</filename> file to point to your installation
of <application>Karma</application></para>
</sect4>
<para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> You may need to modify the
<option>WHERE_KARMA =&gt; undef</option> line in the source tree
<filename>perldl.conf</filename> file to point to your installation
of <application>Karma</application></para>
<sect4>
<title>
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::<acronym>IO</acronym>::Pic
</title>
<para> The
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::<acronym>IO</acronym>::Pic
module implements I/O for a number of popular image formats by exploiting the
<command>xxxtopnm</command> and <command>pnmtoxxx</command> converters from
the <application>Netpbm</application> package and the <command>cjpeg</command>
and <command>djpeg</command> converters. It also contains the routine wmpeg
to write <acronym>MPEG</acronym> movies from piddles representing image
stacks.</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">PDL::IO::Pic</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem>
<para><ulink url="http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/">Netpbm</ulink>,
<xref linkend="libjpeg"/> and
<ulink url="ftp://mm-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/multimedia/mpeg/encode/">
mpeg_encode</ulink></para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect4>
<para> The <application>PDL</application>::IO::Pic module implements I/O
for a number of popular image formats by exploiting the
<command>xxxtopnm</command> and <command>pnmtoxxx</command>
converters from the <application>Netpbm</application> package and the
<command>cjpeg</command> and <command>djpeg</command> converters.
It also contains the routine wmpeg to write MPEG movies from piddles
representing image stacks.</para>
<sect4>
<title><application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::Slatec</title>
<para> The <application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::Slatec module
serves the dual purpose of providing an interface to parts of the slatec
library and showing how to interface
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application> to an external library.
The module provides routines to manipulate matrices, calculate
<acronym>FFT</acronym>s, fit data using polynomials, and interpolate/integrate
data using piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation.</para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/">Netpbm</ulink>,
<xref linkend="libjpeg"/> and
<ulink url="ftp://mm-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/multimedia/mpeg/encode/">
mpeg_encode</ulink></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/K/KG/KGB/ExtUtils-F77-&ExtUtils-F77-version;.tar.gz">
ExtUtils-F77-&ExtUtils-F77-version;</ulink></para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">PDL::Slatec</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem>
<para><xref linkend="gcc"/> (Fortran compiler)</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect4>
<para> The <application>PDL</application>::Slatec module serves the dual
purpose of providing an interface to parts of the slatec library and showing
how to interface <application>PDL</application> to an external library.
The module provides routines to manipulate matrices, calculate FFTs, fit
data using polynomials, and interpolate/integrate data using piecewise
cubic Hermite interpolation.</para>
<sect4>
<title>
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::<application><acronym>GSL</acronym></application>
</title>
<para> The
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::<application><acronym>GSL</acronym></application>
module is an interface to the functions provided by the <acronym>Gnu</acronym>
Scientific Library.</para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/K/KG/KGB/ExtUtils-F77-&ExtUtils-F77-version;.tar.gz">
ExtUtils-F77-&ExtUtils-F77-version;</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><xref linkend="gcc"/> (Fortran compiler)</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist><listitem>
<para><ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/">GSL</ulink></para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect4>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">PDL::GSL</bridgehead>
<sect4>
<title>
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::<application><acronym>FFTW</acronym></application>
</title>
<para> The
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::<application><acronym>FFTW</acronym></application>
module is a means to interface
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application> with the
<application><acronym>FFTW</acronym></application> library. It's similar to
the standard <acronym>FFT</acronym> routine but it's usually faster and has
support for real transforms. It works well for the types of piddles for which
the library was compiled (otherwise it must do conversions).</para>
<para> The <application>PDL</application>::<application>GSL</application>
module is an interface to the functions provided by the Gnu Scientific Library.</para>
<itemizedlist><listitem>
<para><ulink url="http://www.fftw.org/">FFTW-2.x</ulink></para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect4>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/">GSL</ulink></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
<title>
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::<acronym>IO</acronym>::Browser
</title>
<para> The
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::<acronym>IO</acronym>::Browser
module is a <acronym>2D</acronym> cursor terminal data browser for
piddles.</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">PDL::FFTW</bridgehead>
<para>There is no additional software required to use the module. However,
the default is to not install the module because some platforms don't provide
a curses compatible library. To enable the module, issue the following
command:</para>
<para> The <application>PDL</application>::<application>FFTW</application>
module is a means to interface <application>PDL</application> with the
<application>FFTW</application> library. It's similar to the standard FFT
routine but it's usually faster and has support for real transforms. It works
well for the types of piddles for which the library was compiled (otherwise it
must do conversions).</para>
<screen><userinput><command>sed -i -e "s/WITH_IO_BROWSER => 0/WITH_IO_BROWSER => 1/" \
perldl.conf</command></userinput></screen>
</sect4>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="http://www.fftw.org/">FFTW-2.x</ulink></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
<title>
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::<acronym>IO</acronym>::<acronym>NDF</acronym>
</title>
<para>The
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>::<acronym>IO</acronym>::<acronym>NDF</acronym>
module adds the ability to read and write Starlink N-dimensional data files
as N-dimensional piddles.</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">PDL::IO::Browser</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist><listitem><para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/A/AA/AALLAN/Astro-FITS-Header-&Astro-FITS-Header-version;.tar.gz">
Astro-FITS-Header-&Astro-FITS-Header-version;</ulink></para>
<para>The <application>PDL</application>::IO::Browser module
is a 2D cursor terminal data browser for piddles.</para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/P/PR/PRATZLAFF/Astro-FITS-CFITSIO-&Astro-FITS-CFITSIO-version;.tar.gz">
Astro-FITS-CFITSIO-&Astro-FITS-CFITSIO-version;</ulink></para>
<para>There is no additional software required to use the module. However,
the default is to not install the module because some platforms don't provide
a curses compatible library. To enable the module, issue the following
command:</para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
url="http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/fitsio/">CFITSIO</ulink></para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<screen><userinput>sed -i -e "s/WITH_IO_BROWSER =&gt; 0/WITH_IO_BROWSER =&gt; 1/" \
perldl.conf</userinput></screen>
<listitem><para><ulink
url="ftp://ftp.starlink.rl.ac.uk/pub/ussc/store/starperl/starperl.tar.Z">
NDFPERL-&NDF-version;</ulink></para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">PDL::IO::NDF</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
url="ftp://ftp.starlink.rl.ac.uk/pub/ussc/store/starperl/starperl.tar.Z">
Starlink-Config-&Starlink-Config-version;</ulink></para>
<para>The <application>PDL</application>::IO::NDF module adds the ability to
read and write Starlink N-dimensional data files as N-dimensional piddles.</para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem>
<para><ulink url="http://star-www.rl.ac.uk/">Starlink IMG</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/A/AA/AALLAN/Astro-FITS-Header-&Astro-FITS-Header-version;.tar.gz">
Astro-FITS-Header-&Astro-FITS-Header-version;</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/P/PR/PRATZLAFF/Astro-FITS-CFITSIO-&Astro-FITS-CFITSIO-version;.tar.gz">
Astro-FITS-CFITSIO-&Astro-FITS-CFITSIO-version;</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/fitsio/">CFITSIO</ulink></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="ftp://ftp.starlink.rl.ac.uk/pub/ussc/store/starperl/starperl.tar.Z">
NDFPERL-&NDF-version;</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="ftp://ftp.starlink.rl.ac.uk/pub/ussc/store/starperl/starperl.tar.Z">
Starlink-Config-&Starlink-Config-version;</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="http://star-www.rl.ac.uk/">Starlink IMG</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="http://star-www.rl.ac.uk/">Starlink NDF</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><xref linkend="gcc"/> (Fortran compiler)</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="ftp://ftp.starlink.rl.ac.uk/pub/ussc/store/starperl/starperl.tar.Z">
GSDPERL-&GSD-version;</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="ftp://ftp.starlink.rl.ac.uk/pub/ussc/store/starperl/starperl.tar.Z">
Starlink-Config-&Starlink-Config-version;</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://star-www.rl.ac.uk/">Starlink GSD</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><xref linkend="gcc"/> (Fortran compiler)</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem>
<para><ulink url="http://star-www.rl.ac.uk/">Starlink NDF</ulink></para>
</sect2>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem>
<para><xref linkend="gcc"/> (Fortran compiler)</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of PDL</title>
<listitem><para><ulink
url="ftp://ftp.starlink.rl.ac.uk/pub/ussc/store/starperl/starperl.tar.Z">
GSDPERL-&GSD-version;</ulink></para>
<para>Install <application>PDL</application> (and all the dependency
<application>Perl</application> modules) by running the following commands:</para>
<itemizedlist><listitem><para><ulink
url="ftp://ftp.starlink.rl.ac.uk/pub/ussc/store/starperl/starperl.tar.Z">
Starlink-Config-&Starlink-Config-version;</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem><para><ulink
url="http://star-www.rl.ac.uk/">Starlink GSD</ulink></para>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'><listitem>
<para><xref linkend="gcc"/> (Fortran compiler)</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application></title>
<para>Install <application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application> (and all the
dependency <application>Perl</application> modules) by running the following
commands:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>perl Makefile.PL &amp;&amp;
<screen><userinput>perl Makefile.PL &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make test</command></userinput></screen>
make test</userinput></screen>
<para>Now, as the root user:</para>
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application></title>
<sect2 role="configuration">
<title>Configuring PDL</title>
<sect3 id="pdl-config"><title>Config files</title>
<para><filename>~/.perldlrc</filename> and
<filename>local.perldlrc</filename> in the current directory</para>
<indexterm zone="pdl pdl-config">
<primary sortas="e-AA.perldlrc">~/.perldlrc</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm zone="pdl pdl-config">
<primary sortas="e-local.perldlrc">local.perldlrc</primary></indexterm>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="pdl-config">
<title>Config Files</title>
<sect3><title>Configuration information</title>
<para>See <ulink
url="http://pdl.sourceforge.net/PDLdocs/perldl.html#the startup file ~/.perldlrc"/>
for information about configuring <command>perldl</command> to suit your
needs.</para>
</sect3>
<para><filename>~/.perldlrc</filename> and
<filename>local.perldlrc</filename> in the current directory</para>
</sect2>
<indexterm zone="pdl pdl-config">
<primary sortas="e-AA.perldlrc">~/.perldlrc</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>
<indexterm zone="pdl pdl-config">
<primary sortas="e-local.perldlrc">local.perldlrc</primary>
</indexterm>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Modules</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>pdl, pdldoc, perldl and pptemplate</seg>
<seg>90+ individual <application>Perl</application> modules</seg>
<seg>/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/&LFS-Perl-version;/i686-linux/{,auto/}PDL</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
</sect3>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<sect3>
<title>Configuration Information</title>
<varlistentry id="pdl-prog">
<term><command>pdl</command></term>
<listitem><para>is a binary program called from
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application> scripts which is used to
interface <command>perldl</command>.</para>
<indexterm zone="pdl pdl-prog">
<primary sortas="b-pdl">pdl</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<para>See <ulink
url="http://pdl.sourceforge.net/PDLdocs/perldl.html#the startup file ~/.perldlrc"/>
for information about configuring <command>perldl</command> to suit your
needs.</para>
<varlistentry id="pdldoc">
<term><command>pdldoc</command></term>
<listitem><para>is a shell interface to
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application> documentation.</para>
<indexterm zone="pdl pdldoc">
<primary sortas="b-pdldoc">pdldoc</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</sect3>
<varlistentry id="perldl">
<term><command>perldl</command></term>
<listitem><para>is a simple shell (written in
<application><acronym>Perl</acronym></application>) for interactive use of
<application><acronym>PDL</acronym></application>.</para>
<indexterm zone="pdl perldl">
<primary sortas="b-perldl">perldl</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</sect2>
<varlistentry id="pptemplate">
<term><command>pptemplate</command></term>
<listitem><para>is a script to generate <filename>Makefile.PL</filename>
and <acronym>PP</acronym> file skeletons.</para>
<indexterm zone="pdl pptemplate">
<primary sortas="b-pptemplate">pptemplate</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
</sect2>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Modules</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>pdl, pdldoc, perldl, and pptemplate</seg>
<seg>90+ individual <application>Perl</application> modules</seg>
<seg>/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/&LFS-Perl-version;/i686-linux/{,auto/}PDL</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="pdl-prog">
<term><command>pdl</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is a binary program called from
<application>PDL</application> scripts which is used to
interface <command>perldl</command>.</para>
<indexterm zone="pdl pdl-prog">
<primary sortas="b-pdl">pdl</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pdldoc">
<term><command>pdldoc</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is a shell interface to
<application>PDL</application> documentation.</para>
<indexterm zone="pdl pdldoc">
<primary sortas="b-pdldoc">pdldoc</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="perldl">
<term><command>perldl</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is a simple shell (written in <application>Perl</application>)
for interactive use of <application>PDL</application>.</para>
<indexterm zone="pdl perldl">
<primary sortas="b-perldl">perldl</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pptemplate">
<term><command>pptemplate</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is a script to generate <filename>Makefile.PL</filename>
and PP file skeletons.</para>
<indexterm zone="pdl pptemplate">
<primary sortas="b-pptemplate">pptemplate</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>