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Open the .dmg file and drag the ‘PDL’ folder to your Applications folder.
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<img width="510" alt="Drag and Drop" src="https://github.com/PDLPorters/SciPDL/assets/15331994/ae59b053-685c-4935-8d8d-0f46c2af546f">
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That's it! (And the entire point of SciPDL.)
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*IMPORTANT*: an X11 server is also needed if you want PGPLOT graphics. One can use XQuartz or MacPorts X11.
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Since the X11 stuff in PDL is statically linked it should work with any X11 server. If you don’t know what X11 is you probably shouldn’t be using PDL :-;
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## Running SciPDL
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**From the UNIX (Terminal) command line:
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*From the UNIX (Terminal) command line:*
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If you are a bash or zsh user:
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`source /Applications/PDL/setup_bash # This can go in your .bashrc startup file
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If you do then click ‘Edit’ button in the dialog to open it in Script Editor and then just hit ‘Save’ in the menu. Then when you re-launch the app you should get a dialog to allow the app to do it’s thing.
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(Note these are implemented via Applescripts)
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(Note these are implemented via Applescripts, if you can't get them to work it is no big deal. Just run `pdl` from the command line.)
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# Folder locations
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After running the setup script one should be able to use `cpan -i` to install perl modules in the normal way (they get installed under `/Applications/PDL` with the perl).
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The graphics library libpgplot is installed in `/Applications/PDL/pgplot`, libraries are in `/Applications/PDL/lib` and executables are in `/Applications/PDL/bin`. Usage from PDL should be transparent.
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The `pgplot` graphics library libpgplot is installed in `/Applications/PDL/pgplot`, libraries are in `/Applications/PDL/lib` and executables are in `/Applications/PDL/bin`. Usage from PDL should be transparent. You can also build and link your own C and Fortran programs against these `pgplot` libraries if you wish and it ought to work.
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