Here follows a copy of the README file to give you an idea of the preparation needed to get PerlGP ready for use. I hope you agree that it is not much work. For the latest instructions, always refer to the README file in the latest distribution.
----------------- The PerlGP system - author/copyright: Bob MacCallum 2002 ----------------- To run the demos, first set the following environment variables (preferably in your shell startup file) ############################## # PerlGP environment variables (bash style) # where you unpacked the PerlGP package PERLGP_BASE=~/perlgp # probably don't need to change these two PERLGP_LIB=$PERLGP_BASE/lib PERLGP_BIN=$PERLGP_BASE/bin ## for best results, add $PERLGP_BIN to your PATH ## # a LOCAL temporary directory (you'll need to clean up manually afterwards) PERLGP_SCRATCH=/scratch # a network directory for storing 'checkpoint/restart' populations and # migrants between machines. leave empty if you're not doing this PERLGP_POPS= # if you use a queueing system, give the name of the environment # variable which contains the job id PERLGP_JOBID= # ############################## then you simply go into a demo directory and type perlgp-run.pl (preferably backgrounding it) for more, see the README files in the demo directories.