Installing mod_perl on win32 machine.

DigitalKitty has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi all.

I decided to investigate mod_perl (version 1) in an effort to write my first handler. After installing mod_perl (using ppm), I added the following three lines (in order) to my httpd.conf file:

LoadFile "C:/Perl/bin/perl58.dll"
LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so
AddModule mod_perl.c (later removed since the 'find' utility could not locate the necessary file).

After editing the autoexec.bat file to reflect the location of the mod_perl.so file and rebooting the machine, I attempted to start apache. The following error immediately appeared:

Syntax error on line 197 of c:/program files/apache group/apache/conf/
+httpd.conf

Cannot load c:/program files/apache group/apache/modules/mod_perl.so i
+nto server
: (1157) One of the library files needed to run this application canno
+t be found
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If anyone could alleviate my dilemma, I would be most appreciative.

Thanks,
-Katie.

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Re: Installing mod_perl on win32 machine.
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Mar 21, 2004 at 01:32 UTC

It's simple, your perl58.dll and mod_perl.so depend on some other dll which is not in your path (could be {but not likely} mod_perl was compiled with a higher version apache or something).

I suggest simply downloading the apache/perl bundle from apache.

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
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Re: Installing mod_perl on win32 machine.
by BUU (Prior) on Mar 21, 2004 at 07:26 UTC