On Mon, 16 Nov 2015 21:32:17 +0000, Martin Gregorie wrote:

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releases out of date and that GPLIGC has now been extended to handle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.

Begging GPLIGC's pardon: there *are* windows downloads, but there are a
bit hidden. You can find them he

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpli...es/GPLIGC/1.9/

Download the version that best suits your hardware and Windows version.
The 'src' version is only useful if you have a C/C++ compiler


--
martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |