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

Hi all, I have not had to mess with this stuff for a few years so bear with me... I'm trying to set up perl on my new computer and as usual, I'm getting indecipherable errors. Win11, StrawberryPerl 5.38.2.2. Open a cmd window, type cpan, type Install Tk... eventually I get:
../pTk/mTk/xlib/X11/X.h:182:34: error: expected identifier or '(' befo
+re numeric constant
  182 | #define ControlMask             (1<<2)
      |                                  ^
gmake[1]: *** [makefile:891: imgBMP.o] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/STRAWB~1/cpan/build/Tk-804.036-1/pTk'
gmake: *** [makefile:1638: pTk/libpTk.a] Error 2
  SREZIC/Tk-804.036.tar.gz
  C:\STRAWB~1\c\bin\gmake.exe -- NOT OK
Stopping: 'install' failed for 'Tk'.
Failed during this command:
 SREZIC/Tk-804.036.tar.gz                     : make NO

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Halp!

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Re: Tk install fails
by syphilis (Archbishop) on May 14, 2024 at 23:30 UTC
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      Or if one is using cpanm:

      cpanm https://github.com/StrawberryPerl/Perl-Dist-Strawberry/releases/download/patched_cpan_modules/Tk-804.036_001.tar.gz
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        Thank you for these. I was not looking forward to getting make to work on windows etc. This looks a lot more user friendly.
        Insta-update: cpan . worked! Case closed.
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Re: Tk install fails
by marto (Cardinal) on May 14, 2024 at 17:52 UTC
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