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I meant whether an X-Server package needed to be additionally installed on the windows machine. I am not sure if Tk still needs it in Windows or now can use native widgets and wm-calls, and if that distinction is transparent.

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Re^7: New-to-Perl: recommendations for windows setup? [Win10+Cygwin+Perlbrew+...]
by choroba (Cardinal) on Feb 18, 2021 at 10:37 UTC
    For ActiveState Perl or Strawberry, you don't need it. For cygwin Perl, you do.

    map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]
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      thanks, that's useful to know and as kcott says for cygwin it's a behind-the-scenes process.

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Re^7: New-to-Perl: recommendations for windows setup? [Win10+Cygwin+Perlbrew+...]
by kcott (Archbishop) on Feb 18, 2021 at 20:57 UTC

    It's been a while now, so I don't recall the exact specifics; however, I didn't need to do anything special.

    The "Cygwin XLaunch" (and other X Server applications) were installed as part of the initial Cygwin setup; I did not need to specify anything in particular for X. There were no additional installation requirements that I needed to perform on the Win10 side; e.g. no extra downloads of libraries, no x_for_cygwin.msi (or similar) to run, etc.

    Please note that I'm not trying to fiercely promote Cygwin; I just wanted to put your mind at ease if you do choose it. It does everything I need in both the professional and personal arenas. My preferences and requirements may not align with yours.

    Another thing that could make a difference is the OS and hardware. I've specified Win10 throughout (it's 64-bit). Briefly, my basic hardware is: 6 core/12 logical 3.2GHz CPUs; 32GB RAM; RTX 2080 Ti GPU; 2 x 2TB SSDs. All my comments are based on this setup; depending on what you have available, YMMV.

    — Ken

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      thanks! that's clear.

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