Summary: 1. What might cause IO::Socket::INET->new to fail? 2. Is there a bundle for WWW-Mechanize?
Details: I went to http://search.cpan.org/dist/WWW-Mechanize/ and read the doc and it looks promising. I downloaded the tar.gz file, extracted all its files, and started the usual install process. Unfortunately I hit a variety of problems. Here is the output: C:\perl_install\WWW-Mechanize-1.14>perl makefile.pl It seems that you are not directly connected to the Internet. Some of the WWW::Mechanize tests interact with websites such as Google, in addition to its own internal tests. Do you want to skip these tests? [y] y Do you want to install the mech-dump utility? [y] y It looks like you don't have SSL capability (like IO::Socket::SSL) installed. You will not be able to process https:// URLs correctly. WWW::Mechanize likes to have a lot of test modules for some of its tests. The following are modules that would be nice to have, but not required. Test::Pod Test::Memory::Cycle Test::Warn Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Warning: prerequisite LWP::UserAgent 2.024 not found. We have 1.004. Warning: prerequisite Test::LongString 0 not found. Warning: prerequisite URI 1.25 not found. We have 1.19. Writing Makefile for WWW::Mechanize // I *am* directly connected to the Internet, so the first warning is probably caused by a proxy problem. Looking inside the Makefile.PL I think the specific test that failed is: if ( !$skiplive ) { require IO::Socket; my $s = IO::Socket::INET->new( PeerAddr => "www.google.com:80", Timeout => 10, ); I think my proxy is set up correctly. C:\perl_install\WWW-Mechanize-1.14>env | grep -i proxy FTP_PROXY=http://proxbos1.fmr.com:8000 HTTP_PROXY=http://proxbos1.fmr.com:8000 How can I learn more about why IO::Socket::INET->new failed? The others errors are dependencies on other modules, or newer versions of modules. Is there a "bundle" for WWW-Mechanize? Thanks, Steve -----Original Message----- From: Ricker, William Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:05 PM To: Tolkin, Steve; L-boston-pm Subject: RE: [Boston.pm] Combining the nodes reachable in n steps from a web page into one printable file Is this to implement the missing PRINTABLE PAGE button for just yourself or as part of the website? This sounds a lot like one of the examples in MDJ's new Higher Order Perl book. Outside of HOP, WWW::Mechanize is the new wrapper around LWP::Simple for this sort of thing. Makes my old LWP-wielding cache-and-smash implementation look lumpy ... Bill _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
