Net::Amazon::EC2 - Breaks out of the box

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

Hi, I am trying to use this module to interact with Amazon's EC2. I downloaded this module (v 0.09) on v5.8.8 release 824 (ActiveState), but it just doesn't work. I've emailed the author, but have had no response. The code use Net::Amazon::EC2; statement in a script, by itself, generates the following:

Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference at C:/Perl/site/lib/C
+lass/MOP/Class.pm line 640.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl/site/lib/Moose/Object.pm 
+line 8.
Compilation failed in require at C:/Perl/site/lib/Moose.pm line 25.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl/site/lib/Moose.pm line 25
+.
Compilation failed in require at C:/Perl/site/lib/Net/Amazon/EC2.pm li
+ne 2.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl/site/lib/Net/Amazon/EC2.p
+m line 2.
Compilation failed in require at C:\MVM\tools\ec2.pl line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\MVM\tools\ec2.pl line 1.
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Can anybody help me troubleshoot this? It appears to have a problem with Moose, but that's where my knowledge ends... tia, matt

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Re: Net::Amazon::EC2 - Breaks out of the box by almut (Canon) on Oct 22, 2008 at 22:04 UTC
Line 2 of Net/Amazon/EC2.pm just says `use Moose;`, so I suppose you'd get a similar error if you just put the `use Moose;` statement in a script, by itself. In other words, you might have been trying to contact the wrong module author :) However, before contacting the author of Moose, I'd try to reinstall Moose first... Just a thought.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Net::Amazon::EC2 - Breaks out of the box by Anonymous Monk on Oct 23, 2008 at 01:16 UTC
Can anybody help me troubleshoot this? It appears to have a problem with Moose, but that's where my knowledge ends... tia, matt How did you install Moose? What you do to troubleshoot is download a version of Moose, and run the test suite. Here's one way `cpanp>z Moose ...build\Moose-0.59>perl Makefile.PL ...build\Moose-0.59>nmake ...build\Moose-0.59>nmake test` [download] if some test fails, you have your answer. You're kind of alone in getting that error message http://www.cpantesters.org/show/Net-Amazon-EC2.html#Net-Amazon-EC2-0.09	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Net::Amazon::EC2 - Breaks out of the box by mpettis (Beadle) on Oct 23, 2008 at 03:35 UTC
I installed via ppm. I've tried trouchelle and theoryx5. I'm going to try a CPAN install now... ------------ UPDATE: I have perl 5.8.8. build 822, and I used CPAN, issuing 'install Moose'. I got a lot of the prerequisites tested and ok, but I kept getting a popup dialog box with the following message: 'The procedure entry point Perl_hv_common could not be located in the dynamic link library perl58.dll'. Any ideas with this? ------------ UPDATE 2: OK, I upgraded to perl5.8.8 build 824. I re-ran the CPAN install I detailed above, and this time it worked.	[reply]