Win32::IE::Mechanize Difficulties

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

Hello monks

I've got a question that might seem trivial, but that I've been struggling with for a while, and could use a bit of help with

I'm attempting to use Win32::IE::Mechanize in a script, but I'm getting the message can't find in @INC. It was my understanding that if you download the .tar.gz file and extract it into your lib it will work. But I guess some modules must be built/installed? I'm having some trouble finding non-conflicting directions as to how to do this.

I tried entering cpan Win32::IE::Mechanize into cmd line, it crunched for a while, and eventually told me t/jstest.t and t/swaplist.t failed make test and that it wouldn't install without force. Someone in the chatterbox told me they were probably unimportant tests and that I should install anyways. Is this true? If so how can I do this?

I also tried using the ppm command. I have added all the suggested repositories, however when I type Win32::IE::Mechanize into the search on the top there are no results.

Can you give me any idea of what I am doing wrong? Other methods of building/installing a module?

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Re: Win32::IE::Mechanize Difficulties by jeffreyray (Sexton) on Jan 14, 2010 at 02:37 UTC
See Installing Modules. To enter cpan interactively - just type `cpan` from the command line. Then enter the command `install Win32::IE::Mechanize`. If that doesn't work - download from CPAN and extract. Enter the directory from a command prompt and execute: `perl Makefile.pl dmake dmake test dmake install` [download] You may need to acquire `dmake`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Win32::IE::Mechanize Difficulties by Sinistral (Monsignor) on Jan 14, 2010 at 01:20 UTC
Instead of `cpan Win32::IE::Mechanize` [download] try `perl -MCPAN -e shell cpan>force install Win32::IE::Mechanize` [download] or if you prefer the cpan command: `cpan cpan>force install Win32::IE::Mechanize` [download] or if you like the cpan single invocation: `cpan -fi Win32::IE::Mechanize` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Win32::IE::Mechanize Difficulties by jdetloff (Acolyte) on Jan 14, 2010 at 04:25 UTC
Thanks much for the reply, I used you're last method and it worked great!	[reply]
Re: Win32::IE::Mechanize Difficulties by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 14, 2010 at 03:02 UTC
The uwinnipeg ppm repo has it for 5.10 http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/10xx/	[reply]
Re: Win32::IE::Mechanize Difficulties by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Jan 14, 2010 at 00:59 UTC
If you mean by "your lib" your local lib, then you want to use local::lib.	[reply]
Re^2: Win32::IE::Mechanize Difficulties by jdetloff (Acolyte) on Jan 14, 2010 at 01:10 UTC
Its saved to c/perl/lib, which is in @INC	[reply]
Re^3: Win32::IE::Mechanize Difficulties by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Jan 14, 2010 at 02:51 UTC
Win32::IE::Mechanize requires Win32::OLE. If you don't have that, Win32::IE::Mechanize won't be found:-).	[reply]