I'm trying to install AWStats on my server and I've been getting Perl errors. I've been able to do a test install on my machine using XAMPP on a WinXP machine. I followed the instructions from this link: http://www.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?p=39563

Now, with that knowledge, I'm trying to get AWStats on a different machine. I was able to install ActivePerl 5.10.0 (latest one) without any problems. Before I installed it, I made sure I did type in "perl -v" just to check it was already installed. It wasn't so I installed ActivePerl 5.10.0.

For AWStats, I brought over the files to the cgi-bin directory in Apache. I didn't use the MSI installer. The first step in the configuration required me to run awstats_configure.pl script. My error is Can't call method "Delimiter" on an undefined value at awstats_configure.pl line 385. Now, I wasn't sure if that was a Perl error or not so I just mentioned it.

The next thing I tried was to run the awstats.pl script in the cgi-bin directory. I get a pop up and this error perl.exe - Unable to Locate Component This application has failed to start because Perl56.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.

I know that this has to be a perl error. It may also be the reason I get my first error. Can anybody help me out here? I've look through all of the configuration files in AWStats. I've also looked at the http.conf file for Apache.

Here are my specs:

In reply to Perl Errors with AWStats by Anonymous Monk

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