Perl Tk cygwin and Win95

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Re: Perl Tk cygwin and Win95 by rob_au (Abbot) on Jan 12, 2002 at 14:05 UTC
This works fine for me with Activestate Perl Build 630 using the Perl Package Manager (PPM). `C:\>ppm PPM interactive shell (2.1.5) - type 'help' for available commands. PPM> install Tk Install package 'Tk?' (y/N): y Installing package 'Tk'... . . Writing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Tk\.packlist PPM> query Tk Tk [800.022] Tk - a Graphical User Interface Toolkit PPM>` [download] `perl -e 's&&rob@cowsnet.com.au&&&split/[@.]/&&s&.com.&_&&&print'`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Perl Tk cygwin and Win95 by Flame (Deacon) on Jan 13, 2002 at 05:21 UTC
The latest release of ActivePerl has Tk already-installed. `-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GIT d- s:++ a--- C++++ UL P+++>++++ L+ E- W++>+++ N !o K- w+ O---- M-- V-- PS PE Y- PGP t++(+++) 5(+++)++++ X R+@ tv+ b+++ DI+ D- G e->+++ h! r-- y- ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------` Translate "Weird things happen, get used to it." Flame ~ Lead Programmer: GMS	[reply]
Re: Perl Tk cygwin and Win95 by Graham (Deacon) on Jan 13, 2002 at 04:43 UTC
I use the SiePerl distribution of Perl 5.6.1 which includes Tk 800.023 amongst other things. This will run under Win9x and NT/2000 and should include most of what you require. For your further information SiePerl was built using Visual C++ 6.0. I have encountered numerous problems building Perl and Tk with a mix of cygwin and gcc. Graham	[reply]
Re: Perl Tk cygwin and Win95 by hopes (Friar) on Jan 13, 2002 at 08:18 UTC
I had the same problem months ago. I think you're getting trouble with the "location" of the ppm packages. Try to force this location: `c:\>ppm install --location=http://www.activestate.com/ppmpackages/5.6p +lus tk` [download] or install the last activeperl distribution Regards Hopes `$_=$,=q,\,@4O,,s,^$,$\,,s,s,^,b9,s, $_^=q,$\^-]!,,print` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Perl Tk cygwin and Win95 by rbc (Curate) on Jan 13, 2002 at 08:57 UTC
Thanks everyone! Since I started visting perlmonks.org I my knowledge about perl is exploding.	[reply]