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... module is no longer included in the ActiveState download ...

That's why I recommend using Strawberry Perl instead of using ActivePerl:

AP is essentially a binary distribution, using a propritary package manager. Either ActiveState (or someone else) provides a compiled package, or you are lost. OK, AS has added some package some time ago that delivers compiler, linker, make, but you need to know and install that.

Stawberry Perl comes wil compiler, linker, make and everything else you need to build perl modules on Windows, plus several modules already compiled for you. It offers the same cpan tool that you find on any unix-like operating system. No surprises, no new tricks to learn to get stuff done.

(Sometimes, I install SP just for the compiler, to get some C program running on Windows.)

Alexander

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by BillKSmith (Monsignor) on Apr 20, 2016 at 03:08 UTC
    That's why I recommend using Strawberry Perl instead of using ActivePerl:

    In theory, I agree. I have not acted on your recommendation because I remain a little lazy and a lot timid.

    Marshall has indicated that my concern about Tk on AP is no longer an issue.

    Bill
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      Yes, that is correct. To run the code at Issue packing a Tk::Adjuster, I installed Active State and then used the graphical package manager (ppm) to install Tk. This installed all the widgets needed for the OP's demo program to run on a "virgin laptop". No problem. Listbox, Adjuster, ROtext were all there. For another project, I wanted the TableMatrix widget, but I was able to find the .ppd file on another AS repository (Bribes) and install it with a single command line command. Literally thousands of modules are pre-compiled for the AS distribution(s).

      I have never built an AS module myself as that so far hasn't been necessary, but I hear that this is easier than it used to be.

      I have an Active State Dev Kit license. My most used application in that suite is the ability to make .exe files. This so far has worked very well for me. There are ways to do this with Strawberry, but not all of the AS features are available.

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      Hello BillKSmith,

      ...I remain a little lazy and a lot timid.

      Can’t help with the lazy part :-) but with Strawberry Perl there’s no need to be timid: just install one of the PortableZip editions from here. A PortableZip edition is fully self-contained and won’t interfere with your system Perl at all, so if for whatever reason it doesn’t pan out you can return to your existing Perl without any hassle.

      Hope that helps,

      Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

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