Rob - I took your advice and got the following: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ C:\my_build_dir>perl Makefile.PL Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good
Error: Unable to locate installed Perl libraries or Perl source code. It is recommended that you install perl in a standard location before building extensions. Some precompiled versions of perl do not contain these header files, so you cannot build extensions. In such a case, please build and install your perl from a fresh perl distribution. It usually solves this kind of problem. (You get this message, because MakeMaker could not find "D:\PXPerl\BUILD\PERL-00 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\lib\CORE\perl.h") ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scott > > I am trying to install inline.pm on a Windows XP Professional box > > > > Here is what I have done so far according to the following: > > http://search.cpan.org/~ingy/Inline-0.44/Inline-Support.pod > > > > 1) successfully installed ActiveState (which supposedly uses Visual > > C++ to compile Perl). > > Yes, it has been compiled with Visual C++ 6.0. The latest AS build (build > 815) also allows you to use the freely available dmake and MinGW compiler, > for those who don't have (and don't want to purchase or otherwise acquire) > Visual C++ 6.0. > > > 2) Downloaded inline.pm (from > > http://search.cpan.org/~ingy/Inline-0.44/Inline.pod) > > You probably got it right - the actual file you need to download (and then > unzip) is: > http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/I/IN/INGY/Inline-0.44.tar.gz > > > 3) Unzipped the package and created a directory under (C:/Perl/lib) > > called Inline where everything was unzipped. > > > > > cd c:\Perl\lib\Inline > > Unzipping to C:/Perl/lib (which as I mention below is not a good idea) > should have created a folder named C:/Perl/lib/Inline-0.44, not > C:/Perl/lib/Inline . > > > > perl Makefile.PL > > > > This failed with the errors: > > > > Can't locate auto/Inline/autosplit.ix in @INC (@INC contains: C:/Perl/lib > C= > > :/Per > > l/site/lib .) at C:/Perl/lib/AutoLoader.pm line 160. > > at Inline.pm line 7 > > Can't locate auto/Inline/denter/autosplit.ix in @INC (@INC contains: > C:/Per= > > l/lib > > C:/Perl/site/lib .) at C:/Perl/lib/AutoLoader.pm line 160. > > at C:/Perl/lib/Inline/denter.pm line 5 > > Writing Makefile for Math::Simple > > > > Does nyone know what am I doing wrong? > > > > That's a very odd looking error message - Inline normally builds straight > out of the box with AS perl. (And the Math::Simple Makefile should not be > written.) Assuming you did download the correct file, I can only think that > it might have something to do with the fact that you've unzipped the package > into a folder that's within your perl directory. I don't think that's a good > idea - it's not the way things are normally done. Normally you would unpack > into some build directory that is in no way associated with your perl > directory. eg - unpack into C:/my_build_dir. That would give you a directory > called C:/my_build_dir/Inline-0.44 . You would then cd to > C:/my_build_dir/Inline-0.44 and run: > perl Makefile.PL > nmake (or whatever flavour of make you're using) > nmake test > nmake install > > You'll also want to remove those directories and files that were created in > C:/perl/lib when you unzipped the package. That should really be as simple > as deleting the C:/Perl/lib/Inline-0.44 folder. > > If you still have trouble building it, try building a simpler module such as > Math::FFT. If you can build that module then we know that you have > everything configured correctly - and if it won't build ok, it's going to be > much easier for us to troubleshoot (and therefore solve your problem with > inline) with Math::FFT, rather than having to troubleshoot with Inline-0.44. > > Cheers, > Rob > >
