Ok, first, let me say I have no experience with C++, so I need simplistic steps to take. I am using ActivePerl 626 on Windows 2000.

Here is what I get when trying to install via CPAN shell "install Text::Iconv":


..... Downloading stuff cut out .....

Text-Iconv-1.2/
Text-Iconv-1.2/README
Text-Iconv-1.2/Makefile.PL
Text-Iconv-1.2/Changes
Text-Iconv-1.2/t/
Text-Iconv-1.2/t/01_charsets.t
Text-Iconv-1.2/t/00_load.t
Text-Iconv-1.2/Iconv.xs
Text-Iconv-1.2/MANIFEST
Text-Iconv-1.2/Iconv.pm
Text-Iconv-1.2/typemap
Removing previously used \.cpan\build\Text-Iconv-1.2

  CPAN.pm: Going to build M/MP/MPIOTR/Text-Iconv-1.2.tar.gz

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Text::Iconv

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.

cp Iconv.pm blib\lib\Text\Iconv.pm
AutoSplitting blib\lib\Text\Iconv.pm (blib\lib\auto\Text\Iconv)
        D:\Perl\bin\Perl.exe -ID:\Perl\lib -ID:\Perl\lib D:\Perl\lib\E
+xtUtils/xsubpp  
-typemap D:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils\typemap -typem
ap typemap Iconv.xs > Iconv.xsc && D:\Perl\bin\Perl.exe -ID:\Perl\lib 
+-ID:\Perl\lib 
-MExtUtils::Command -e mv Iconv.xsc Iconv.c
        cl -c  -nologo -O1 -MD -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT
+ 
-DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_S
YS -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -O1 -MD -DNDEBUG    -DVERSION=\"1.2\"  -DXS_V
+ERSION=\"1.2\"  
-ID:\Perl\lib\CORE  Iconv.c
cl : Command line warning D4029 : optimization is not available in the
+ standard 
edition compiler
Iconv.c
"Running Mkbootstrap for Text::Iconv ()"
        D:\Perl\bin\Perl.exe -ID:\Perl\lib -ID:\Perl\lib -MExtUtils::C
+ommand -e chmod 
644 Iconv.bs
        D:\Perl\bin\Perl.exe "-ID:\Perl\lib" "-ID:\Perl\lib" -MExtUtil
+s::Mksymlists  
-e "Mksymlists('NAME' => 'Text::Iconv', 'DLBA
SE' => 'Iconv', 'DL_FUNCS' => {  }, 'FUNCLIST' => [], 'IMPORTS' => {  
+}, 'DL_VARS' => 
[]);"
        link -out:blib\arch\auto\Text\Iconv\Iconv.dll -dll -nologo -no
+defaultlib 
-release  -libpath:"D:\Perl\lib\CORE"  -machine:x
86 Iconv.obj   D:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl56.lib oldnames.lib kernel32.lib u
+ser32.lib 
gdi32.lib winspool.lib  comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib
shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib  netapi32.lib uuid.lib wsock32.lib 
+mpr.lib 
winmm.lib  version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib msvcr
t.lib -def:Iconv.def
   Creating library blib\arch\auto\Text\Iconv\Iconv.lib and object 
blib\arch\auto\Text\Iconv\Iconv.exp
Iconv.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__libiconv 
+referenced in 
function _do_conv
Iconv.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__libiconv_
+open referenced 
in function _XS_Text__Iconv_new
Iconv.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__libiconv_
+close referenced 
in function _XS_Text__Iconv_DESTROY
blib\arch\auto\Text\Iconv\Iconv.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 3 unresolve
+d externals
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '
+0x460'
Stop.
  D:\Perl\bin\nmake.EXE  -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

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I have also downloaded libiconv-1.9.1 and attempted to follow the directions there ,but I get simular errors with unresolved external symbols and have no idea how to fix.

Thanks for any help, or if some already has this built into a binary and can package to a PPM, that would be great too.

Piyush

Janitored by Arunbear - added code and readmore tags, as per Monastery guidelines

In reply to Linking error with Text::IConv by piyush.shourie

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