exe missing perl module

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello, I am experiencing something which is driving me mad as I really don't know what the problem could be (and start finding a solution). I have a rather complex software written in Perl/Tk. I pack it using PerlApp. It compiles fine and anything seems to work okay. I've tested the exe on several machines (Windows 7, XP, etc.), everything seems fine. BUT, one of my user has the problem that the exe can't be lunched. After some testing, I've seen that lunching the exe on the user's machine fires an error 'Module is missing' (JSON). How can it be? The exe is the same and it surely works on other similar machines with the same Windows version (Windows 7, 64)!

I'm creating the exe using ActivePerl (5.16.3) and PerlApp (9.2.1) on a Windows 7 (64). I've installed some modules which are not available through ppm using cpan from the command line.

Is this a Window problem on the user's PC? Compilation problem? In which direction should I look? Any hints would be appreciated

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Re: exe missing perl module by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Jul 12, 2013 at 10:15 UTC
OK, i guess... Try `perlapp --verbose yourApp.pl` You should see whats inside. If you miss something try the `--add` option to add the missing stuff "by hand". See PerlApp. Regards, Karl ŤThe Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostropheť	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: exe missing perl module by Anonymous Monk on Jul 12, 2013 at 08:23 UTC
How can it be? Simple, you didn't pack JSON module into exe, and/or file got corrupted, and/or hard disk is full, so extraction fails So, turn on verbosity/debugging (don't ask me how), and diagnose the problem, then you can resolve it See also http://www.cavapackager.com/download.html and Creating Custom Distributions and Executables	[reply]