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

Hello, where could I get a full download of perl that would include all the modules or would someone assist with this error message. "Can't locate Date.pm in @INC (@INC contains: D:/Perl/lib D:/Perl/site/lib .) at D:\Perl .pl line 12. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at D:\Perl\work\bcp.pl line 12." PS. running on a NT 4.0. Thanks

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Re: Perl Product
by Agermain (Scribe) on Aug 16, 2001 at 23:29 UTC
    ActiveState's ActivePerl is a full Perl distribution that should come complete with all the perl libs you should need - including Date.pm. If not, just pull up a command prompt and type ppm install _name_of_perl_module_to_install and it will install them.

    andre germain
    "Wherever you go, there you are."

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      Plus, if you want to see all the modules that ppm can install, run ppm and type "search" at the prompt. (I just tried it and got back a list 97 pages long.)

      I don't think you would want to install EVERY Perl module because:

      1. It would take up a lot of space
      2. Some modules would be out of date
      3. Some modules might not be of high quality
      4. Why bother installing modules you don't need?
        5. </il>

        Chumley

        (Imagine a really clever .sig here.)

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Re: Perl Product
by nakor (Novice) on Aug 17, 2001 at 00:09 UTC
    If you're running ActivePerl, you can automatically install new modules though PPM. Simply run "ppm install <Distribution>", where <Distribution> is the name of the CPAN distribution containing the module you want. In this case, you seem to want one of the many Date distributions.
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Re: Perl Product
by Graham (Deacon) on Aug 17, 2001 at 01:40 UTC
    SiePerl from Siemens is Perl5.6.1 with a lot of included modules. You may find this useful, and it certainly contains the Date::Calc modules.

    Regards

    Graham

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