RE: FW: JPL installation on Windows

On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Frank Starsinic wrote:

> i'd really like to try JPL on Solaris and NT.
> 
> what packages are necessary to get this running?
> is there a step-by-step install guide? i'm writing because i've never seen
> one...

I haven't done anything with JPL in a long time, so I'm cc'ing the list
on this, since I'm sure others will be able to correct my errors (also,
any JPL-related questions should go to the list - I am most likely to
give out erroneous information since I'm so rusty in this area):

  * Build, test, and install Perl 5.005 from source code (not certain
    about 5.6 and JPL).  Make sure you are using the system malloc and 
    have disable threads (double-check the JPL README, for other notes
    though).  Also, make sure you build a shared libperl.so.

  * Get the latest JPL source out of CVS:

     http://www.jepstone.net/bjepson/jpl/cvs.html

  * Examine the JPL README carefully and see what it says.

  * You can probably just run ./install-jpl, but I'm not certain about
    that.

> also, does ActivePerl from ActiveState work on Solaris or is it just an
> NT implementation?

I believe ActiveState offers an ActivePerl distribution for Solaris.
Please see www.activestate.com for details.

> thanks for getting me started with this. I love java and perl.
> this sounds great.

Sure thing - I hope the information helps, but keep in mind that some of
the information in the README might be out of date. Patches to the
README are always welcome :-)

- Brian