Re^3: Strawberry Perl, from 5.18 to 5.22

The installer does not store or make a back-up. No doubt you have done so yourself. ;)

If not, try if the autobundle function from cpan still works. If it works, use it and save the resulting file somewhere safe.

Then uninstall Perl totally. If necessary you can simply delete your c:/strawberry folder, but make sure it does not contain non-cpan modules (i.e. modules you have written yourself).

Then install Strawberry Perl again. You can do that anywhere you want if you use the *.zip version rather than the *.msi version.

Once that is done, you can use the autobundle file to reinstall your set of modules.

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Re^4: Strawberry Perl, from 5.18 to 5.22 by EigenFunctions (Beadle) on Jul 23, 2015 at 20:35 UTC
Believe it or not, this IS the 21st century. The application installation process is a basic function that has been going on for over 45 years. So the expectation is that today, it works for the vast majority of situations. It is a sad indication of the state of software technology(?). There seems to be no learning from others, just start from scratch on each and every design. Each and every designer relearns the good and the bad without ever passing the knowledge on to following generations. Backing up the over 31k files and 1GB of space is NOT the answer for a standard installation. I have hundreds of applications installed and most of them don't need to be backed-up. Data needs to be backed-up, not static applications. Perl is (was) a wonderful platform, but it has been going downhill at a rapid pace. Strawberry Perl is a good example of the decline. In any event, thanks, your comments and emphasis were interesting. Thanks, EigenFunctions Win7 x64 Service Pack 1	[reply]
Re^5: Strawberry Perl, from 5.18 to 5.22 by CountZero (Bishop) on Jul 23, 2015 at 20:48 UTC
Mmmm, the modules themselves can perhaps be called "static" as they can always be re-installed from the CPAN repository, but the actual list or set of modules installed on your system is not static. You don't have a standard installation, that's the problem. So you run the autobundle function every so often and back-up the autobundle file. In case of major mayhem, then you reinstall your set of CPAN modules through this autobundle file. CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James My blog: Imperial Deltronics	[reply]