Re: [wxperl-users] wx installation problems

[Mattia B. <mb...@ds...>]

On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:21:04 +0100 so...@bl... wrote:

> i've exactly this problem:
> http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/8008/2002/5/0/8669779/
> 
> (win2000, perl v5.8.0, wxPerl-0.12b4)
> 
> ok, i extracted the ppm package and then run the script.
> then i got:
> 
> Can't locate object method "catfile" via package "MM" (perhaps you forgot
> to load "MM"?) at fast.pl line 14.
> 
> ok, after a little internet research i made a s/MM/File::Spec/g
> (http://archive.develooper.com/mak...@pe.../msg00457.html)
> 
> then (while trying again) i got the message:
> Writing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Wx\.packlist
> 
> if i now run a wx script i get:
> Can't locate Wx.pm in @INC
> 
> and yes, wx is nowhere...
> there's just a perl/site/lib/auto/wx/.packlist
> 
> any ideas? i know this doesn't happen (ppm bug(?)) with perl 5.6.X
> i have no reason to use perl 5.8... should i downgrade?
  I won't provide binary packages for perl 5.8.0 until 0.13 (my free
time is about none currently, and I have to get 0.12 out with some
decent testing...). Even if you manage to install PPMs with perl 5.8.0
they won't work (5.6.x and 5.8.x are binary incompatible).

Regards
Mattia