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in thread CPAN failed install

Ummm. OK thanks. I run Slackware. So basically what you are saying is that the code I am trying to run

http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=820982

requires a third party perl module that might not even exist for my system? I have obviously done a lot of googling, but that reveals for the above issue is all to do with the debian/ubuntu 'apt-get' this and apt-get that etc. That's no good.

Nick

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Re^5: CPAN failed install
by haukex (Archbishop) on Nov 13, 2016 at 19:02 UTC

    Hi Linicks,

    third party perl module

    No, as the others have said it's not a Perl module, it's a system library, often written in C or C++ and compiled to a binary, which the Perl module then links against. I don't know Slackware, but the first result when googling "slackware webkit" is http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/webkitgtk/, perhaps that helps?

    Hope this helps,
    -- Hauke D

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      Thanks... once I realised it _isn't_ a Perl module, I got this 40 minutes ago and currently building it. What confused me was the perl mod WWW::WebKit...

      Nick

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        Hi Linicks,

        I hate to seem like I'm piling on top of the obvious troll in the other reply, but I would like to say that it would have been good if you had updated your node to reflect that you'd solved the issue, to prevent people from unnecessarily expending their time. In any case, I'm glad you figured it out - perhaps you could post the solution, i.e. which package exactly you had to install?

        Regards,
        -- Hauke D

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        Why don't you read what people have already told you? You got told this wasn't a perl module by 3 people before this!
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