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the ImageMagick library.  And if you run C<generate_random_points.pl> script with the
C<hist2.csv> and C<bb2.csv> files, you'll see an output histogram that should look
like what you see in C<output_histogram_for_hist2.png>.

You should also try invoking the command-line calls:

    genRand2D --histfile hist1.csv --bbfile bb1.csv

    genRand2D --histfile hist2.csv --bbfile bb2.csv


=head1 REQUIRED

This module requires the following three modules:

   List::Util
   Graphics::GnuplotIF
   Math::Big
   Math::Random

=head1 EXPORT

None by design.


=head1 BUGS

Please notify the author if you encounter any bugs.  When sending email, please place
the string 'RandomPointGenerator' in the subject line.

=head1 INSTALLATION

Download the archive from CPAN in any directory of your choice.  Unpack the archive
with a command that on a Linux machine would look like:

    tar zxvf Algorithm-RandomPointGenerator-1.01.tar.gz

This will create an installation directory for you whose name will be
C<Algorithm-RandomPointGenerator-1.01>.  Enter this directory and execute the
following commands for a standard install of the module if you have root privileges:

    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make test
    sudo make install

if you do not have root privileges, you can carry out a non-standard install the
module in any directory of your choice by:

    perl Makefile.PL prefix=/some/other/directory/
    make
    make test
    make install

With a non-standard install, you may also have to set your PERL5LIB environment
variable so that this module can find the required other modules. How you do that
would depend on what platform you are working on.  In order to install this module in
a Linux machine on which I use tcsh for the shell, I set the PERL5LIB environment
variable by

    setenv PERL5LIB /some/other/directory/lib64/perl5/:/some/other/directory/share/perl5/

If I used bash, I'd need to declare:

    export PERL5LIB=/some/other/directory/lib64/perl5/:/some/other/directory/share/perl5/


=head1 THANKS

I thank Srezic for pointing out that I needed to downshift the required version of Perl
for this module.  Fortunately, I had access to an old machine still running Perl
5.10.1.  The current version is based on my testing the module on that machine.

=head1 AUTHOR

Avinash Kak, kak@purdue.edu

If you send email, please place the string "RandomPointGenerator" in your
subject line to get past my spam filter.

=head1 COPYRIGHT

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
same terms as Perl itself.

 Copyright 2014 Avinash Kak

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