Another Bout With Math::Pari

Today we needed to install Math::Pari on an Opteron (x86_64) based Debian box at the office. I'm documenting here the trials and tribulations we had to go through to get it to work:

• Downloaded latest Math::Pari tarball from CPAN


• Downloaded pari version 2.1.7 tarball


• Untar Math::Pari


• cd into Math::Pari and run "perl Makefile.PL pari_tgz=/path/to/pari-2.1.7.tgz"


• Ignore all the stupid messages


• run "make realclean"


• cd into the new "pari-2.1.7" directory that is now inside the Math::Pari dist


• run "./Configure" and then "make gp"


• cd back up a directory to the Math::Pari dist


• run "perl Makefile.PL Configure"


• run "make"


• run "make test"

If all goes well then all your tests should be passing! There may be an easier way to do this, but this is what worked for me.