in reply to which perl gui toolkit to use?

Tk will be the easiest to get installed. It is about a 6 meg file, all self-contained, and is well tested to compile on many platforms. It dosn't require extra libs to be installed.

Qt will require you to get a huge download for the qtlibs. Gtk2 requires 4 basic c-libs installed properly with pkconfig setup right, before you can install the perl module. It may install pretty easy for you, but gtk2 is a bit harder for a beginner to learn and use. Wx is a huge download also,requiring the large Wx c-libs, before the Wx-perl will install.

If it is just a simple gui program you want to make, Tk is your answer.

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Re^2: which perl gui toolkit to use?
by redss (Monk) on Feb 15, 2005 at 15:02 UTC
    I was pretty sure Tk would be the winner. Ok I downloaded the Tk tarball and successfully ran make on it.

    Since I am installing this to a subdirectory under home, do you know which file contains the install directory that I have to update before running "make install"?

    thanks!

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      I think you are asking how to tell it where to install in a home directory? If so use the "PREFIX" option to "perl Makefile.Pl" BEFORE you run make

      Like: 

      perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/username/perl5lib

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        exactly what I needed. thanks!
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