Install and usage problems
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Hi
I'm trying to use Afick v3.5.0 on Windows 7.
I have cygwin installed. I have Active perl 5.12.4 and according to the Perl package manager, I have Tk version 804.029.
When I try to run Afick (C:\Program Files (x86)\afick>perl afick.pl -c windows.conf), I get the following error:
CRITICAL : can not find Afick::Aliases : Can't locate Afick/Aliases.pm in @INC (@INC contains: C:/Perl64/site/lib C:/Perl64/lib . ./lib) at (eval 23) line 2.
Please can you help me fix the error?
Thanks
Sem
how do you install afick : from zip file or from afick-setup ?
the recommended method is afick-setup : it will install the libraries as expected by afick code.
ps : the last afick release is 3.5.1 , not 3.5.0
and the 3.5.2 is currently in test, and will be released soon.
I installed from Download afick-setup-3.5.0.exe. According to sourceforge that is the latest version. Wait, if I look in the files list, I can see afick-setup-3.5.1.exe. I'll try that. I wonder why the earlier setup didn't install Aliases.pm ... I'll post again after I try afick-setup-3.5.1.exe
OK, I uninstalled 3.5.0, and installed 3.5.1. When I afick tried to launch itself post-installation, an error appeared because it couldn't find perl512.dll. That's because I also uninstalled ActivePerl 5.12 and installed 5.24. I rebooted Windows again, re-installed afick, but am still getting the same error, so before I do anything else, I need to stop afick or my system from looking for perl512.dll.
If you have any ideas, that would be great!
I uninstalled and re-installed Activeperl and Afick. ppm is now telling me that there is no Tk available for ActivePerl 5.22.
Any idea which ActivePerl (64bit) has a Tk available? This is starting to drive me a bit crazy.
http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppmdir.html shows a Tk (Version 804.033) that is OK for ActivePerl 5.22 but when I try [ppm install http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/Tk-AbstractCanvas.ppd] I get:
ppm install failed: The PPD does not provide code to install for this platform
Any ideas?
OK, well after trying to install Tk seperately for about an hour, I decided to try to re-install afick, just in case something had changed. This time I noticed that the post-install script managed to install Tk for me! :) and this time the application opened in the GUI. I'm now init-ing the DB.
I think you should note in the installation page that afick itself installs Tk. I wasted a lot of time on that.
Yes, you are right : I do not update this doc, when I change the afick installer.
It is fixed.
I also fix the default download link to 3.5.1
just fot information, the 3.5.2 version will be release soon, and fixed some problems and warnings on windows.
All working fine now. Thanks for the help.