Re^3: Installing Javascript.pm on XP

I stopped using minGW because when I tried to run Makefile.pl I was prompted that I needed perl version 5.8 and minGW only had 5.6.1 or something. So I'm now just using the windows command prompt.

I can't make much out of that. It sounds like perl-5.6.1 was found, but perl-5.8.x is needed - however, that would have nothing to do with MinGW (or any other compiler).

When you ran 'perl Makefile.PL' which version of perl was being run (running 'perl -v' will tell you) ? Do you have more than one perl installed on your machine ?

Also, the actual output of 'perl Makefile.PL' might help us determine the problem and solution.

Cheers,
Rob

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Re^4: Installing Javascript.pm on XP by dogman1 (Novice) on Aug 06, 2009 at 02:28 UTC
The MinGW was in the "Mozilla Build 1.14" package that I needed to build Spidermonkey. The package also included Perl v 5.6.1, so when I tried to run Makefile.pl in MinGW, it would say that I needed v5.8. I figured this wasn't a big deal though b/c I wanted to install Javascript.pm into the strawberry folder anyway. I guess that little note was irrelevant. perl -v in MinGW returns 5.6.1 perl -v in the windows command line says 5.10.0 Looking at makefile.pl, it creates a JavaScript_Env.h file. It also creates a test_js.c file which is supposed to do a small compile to see if libs and headers can be located. It then outputs a gcc command to the command line. I think the gcc command is causing a problem. Here is what the gcc command I'm sending looks like: `gcc -LC:\strawberry\js\src\WINNT5.1_OPT.OBJ -ljs32 -o C:\DOCUME~1\Stev +e\LOCALS~1\Temp\b4to8dFiQI -IC:\strawberry\js\src test_js.c` [download] dunno if that helps.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Installing Javascript.pm on XP by syphilis (Archbishop) on Aug 06, 2009 at 06:55 UTC
gcc -LC:\strawberry\js\src\WINNT5.1_OPT.OBJ -ljs32 -o C:\DOCUME~1\Steve\LOCALS~1\Temp\b4to8dFiQI -IC:\strawberry\js\src test_js.c Should not produce the error you're getting - assuming that the import library identified by '-ljs32' exists in C:\strawberry\js\src\WINNT5.1_OPT.OBJ. What filename(s) matching /js32/ do you find in that directory ? Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^6: Installing Javascript.pm on XP by dogman1 (Novice) on Aug 06, 2009 at 15:39 UTC
I have js32.dll, js32.dll.manifest, js32.exp, js32.lib.	[reply]
Re^7: Installing Javascript.pm on XP by syphilis (Archbishop) on Aug 08, 2009 at 14:23 UTC
Re^4: Installing Javascript.pm on XP by Anonymous Monk on Aug 06, 2009 at 03:23 UTC
It sounds like he is trying to build JavaScript from within MSYS (which he used to compile SpiderMonkey). MSYS comes with perl 5.6.1.	[reply]
Re^5: Installing Javascript.pm on XP by syphilis (Archbishop) on Aug 06, 2009 at 07:17 UTC
MSYS comes with perl 5.6.1 Aaah, yes - MSYS perl is still stuck at 5.6.1. <waffle> One often finds that a native Win32 perl (eg ActivePerl or Strawberry Perl) works quite well in the MSYS shell. If perl gets presented with the unix-style MSYS paths (eg /usr/local) then the MSYS perl is needed. Otherwise a native Win32 perl seems to be fine. I've even found that, to build openssl-0.9.8g in the MSYS shell (which requires that a perl installation be available), the MSYS perl is no good and one has to use a native Win32 perl instead. </waffle> Cheers, Rob	[reply]