Hi Guys, It's very exciting that the Wiki is up and running again. I can't believe I haven't had a sign-on all these years. I thought I did, but when I went in, I couldn't log on. Anyhow, Johan has kindly sent me a new one. I've made a couple of small changes already, but it would be really nice if there was a really simple install section for new users. I feel the bar is a bit high for any Linux user who just wants to try it out.
It's a long time since I had a serious wxPerl install problem, but I recall in the early days it was quite problematic. However, I still see installation queries around. Generally Windows seems easier than Linux. Is there anyone out there still having problems? We should fix these right away. The ways I used were: On Windows: - ActiveState PPM gui - very very easy, but not always the most recent version, but everything is installed including wxMediaCtrl and dependencies. - I had thought there was a windows installer, foobar.exe or foobar.msi or something, but I can't see that now. On Linux: - apt-get install libwx-perl (I'm not sure what version this will give, but it seemed to give me MediaCtrl at least, I'm also not sure which version it gave me, however should be great for new users). - cpan -i Wx (I believe this works but unless you install the dependencies in http://wiki.wxperl.nl/w/index.php/Ubuntu_LTS_12_Notes, you won't get MediaCtrl or OpenGL. I don't know why this is. Most cpan modules I install, I get numerous install messages saying "pre-pending install dependencies" or something, so I don't understand why cpan does not do this for MediaCtrl or OpenGL).. Now, I'm on Kubuntu 12.04 LTS, my wxWidgets is customised for MediaCtrl and RichTextCtrl and my installation script uses svn to compile Wx with MediaCtrl, RichTextCtrl. Although I tried to install OpenGL, it never actually worked. As I don't use it, I've not put any effort into finding out why. My script, which runs to 73 lines, covers installing: - the basics: make, gcc, g++ and svn, - the print framework dependencies like gnomeprintui and cups, - the gstreamer environment for MediaCtrl on Linux (about 11 packages) - other dependencies which I don't pretend to understand, like libgconf2-dev and libgtk2.0-dev - Alien-wxWidgets - wxPerl I would value your comments, but really, it seems to me that a new user should be able to install the capability play a video or print a richtext document with just the command cpan -i Wx or cpan -i Wx::Demo (which should install Wx as a dependency). Is there any reason why it doesn't do this? How do you install wxPerl? Is it a smooth process for you? Regards Steve
