Re: [Plplot-general] installing Plplot on WinXP

[Arjen M. <arj...@wl...>]

luca sguanci wrote:
> 
> hello,
> 
> i would like to install the PLplot library v.5.3.0 on a WindowsXP
> machine, so to use it with Perl-PDL.
> i tried following the instructions in INSTALL.txt, so I downloaded the
> free  MSVisual C++ toolbox 2003 and started compiling.
> i found there were some errors in the makefile, but I was able to go on.
> 
> the problem that really stooped me is that when compiling some headers
> file are missing: windows.h, winbase.h, windef.h etc.
> I thought they should be there in the package i downloaded, but they
> were missing.

windows.h, winbase.h etc. are part of the MSVC/C++ compiler or the 
Windows Development Kit. I am rather surprised that they are not
contained in the MS Visual C++ 2003 toolbox. 

Are you sure that the right include directories are specified?

> so I had a look on google and i found something like the above .h is
> contained in a cygwin package, the win32api package.
> i downloaded it and i tried using that header files, but it doesn't work.
> 
> does anybody know how to solve the problem?
> does anyone succeded in get the PLplot working on WinXP?
> 

Well, I have never used PLplot with Perl on Windows, but I can assure
you that the C, Fortran, Tcl and Java versions work alright. 
(FYI: I maintain the Windows driver)

I think the way forward is to take one step at a time:
- First check that the windows.h etc headers are present in the 
  MSVC toolbox.
- Then try to make the C examples.
- If that succeeds, try making the Perl bindings.

If at any point you fail to get what you want, can you post the
error messages and a detailed description of the erroneous behaviour?

Regards,

Arjen

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