On Mon, 16 Nov 2015 09:08:58 -0700, Dan Marotta wrote:

I've downloaded the GPLIGC zip file and have gotten past the warnings
about zip files being dangerous (won't someone ever take a risk
anymore?). Now I've got to figure out how to unzip it. Windows 8.1 is
such a pain in the ass...

Dan,

I can't help with unzipping - sorry (I haven't owned any Windows more
recent than Win95) - except to say that there are a number of FOSS (Free
Open Source) zip programs.

The Linux version has an automated install that assumes that Perl is
already installed and that a C++ compiler is available in case some speed-
boosting code needs to be recompiled - this is SOP for most Linux
programs that are not part of the Linux distribution you're running.

The README file in the ZIP archive says that support, a forum and bug
reporting are all available at

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpligc/support

The manual (in the ZIP) says that it needs Perl 5 with the Perl/TK module
plus Gnuplot (a Perl drawing module). It also says that, if there are no
downloads for your OS than you'll need a to have a C/C++. Well, the only
download is for all operating systems, so unless you have a C/C++
compiler installed and know how to use it, I suggest you forget about
GPLIGC for a while.

Meanwhile, while checking the website, I've just seen that I'm two
releases out of date and that GPLIGC has now been extended to handle
variable-barrel tasks (which I need) so I've just added updating it to my
todo list.


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