I installed Citrus Perl 5.16.1 w/Wx. Just downloaded the linux 32bit x86 standard version and followed the install instructions. Smooth. No problems. James
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Steve Cookson <steveco.1...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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 >
