One of the problems of ActiveState Perl is the fact that they do not have a full build environment to compile CPAN modules locally. That is why ActiveState distributes modules in PPD form. In essence, PPDs are precompiled version of the modules. It works great ... when you don't run into any snags. However, in my experience, modules like Tk can (and often do) cause problems.

One alternative you can try is to use Straberry Perl (http://strawberryperl.com/) instead. It comes with its own native (MinGW) build environment all packaged up into a convenient package. If you install that, then you could install Tk in a standard way perl -MCPAN -e "install Tk"

In reply to Re: ActiveState PPM, no Tk present by gri6507
in thread ActiveState PPM, no Tk present by beavis01

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