Installing a module

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

I am trying to intall HTML::Form for ActivePerl. When I run makefile.pl, it gives me this error:

Can't locate IO/Socket/INET.pm in @INC (@INC contains: D:/Perl/lib D:/Perl/site/ lib .) at Makefile.PL line 44.

I know that I/O::Socket is installed in my computer. I have used it recently and I can see it on the ActivePerl documentation. I searched for inet.pm, it does not exist. Do i need to install I/O::Socket again? Any ideas?

Thanks,
Mak

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Re: Installing a module by chipmunk (Parson) on May 16, 2001 at 01:49 UTC
The code for IO::Socket::INET is included in the IO/Socket.pm file. To get the IO::Socket::INET stuff (or the IO::Socket::UNIX stuff), you just load the IO::Socket module: `use IO::Socket::INET; # wrong! use IO::Socket; # right` [download] But, I don't know why you would get this error from installing HTML::Form, which is part of libwww-perl...	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Installing a module by mak (Initiate) on May 16, 2001 at 02:02 UTC
I was probably not clear enough in my question. What I need is to use HTML::Form which comes with libwww-perl. I am installing Bundle::LWP with the command "perl -MCPAN -e install Bundle::LWP". Is there any module installation manual for Activeperl that I can take a look at? mak	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Installing a module by dws (Chancellor) on May 16, 2001 at 02:24 UTC
Is there any module installation manual for Activeperl that I can take a look at? ActiveState's installed is called PPM (Perl Package Manager). Get to a DOS prompt, type ppm then help There's also some online HTML documentation that installs along with ActiveState Perl. `Start > Programs > ActiveState ActivePerl > Documentation` will get you to an index. Then look for PPM.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Installing a module by olly (Scribe) on May 16, 2001 at 02:22 UTC
You can download the trial of perl dev kit from ActiveState, it comes with a cool webinterface for installing almost every module just by check a box and saying install Imagination is more important then knowledge -Einstein-	[reply]