Re: Help regarding Perl modules in .pl and .in extension.

David Joseph Bonnici <djb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc:
> Hi I am using ActivePerl (Build 811) on Windows. I am using Komodo as an
> editor. I am a newbie.
>
> I am having problems when referencing to modules that have the extension .pl
> or .in.
> I am using downloaded projects from sourceforge to test some features.
>
> I usually found myself in the scenario, and I get stuck.
>
> in a test123.pl file I find
>
> .....
> use David;
> .....
>
> When I go to search for the modules, (in order to copy these files to
> c:\perl\lib) I find
>
> David.pm.pl and David.pm.in.
>
> If I copy them to the lib folder, the interpreter still tells me that he
> cannot find the module
>
> If I try to remame anyone of them, I get cannot compile object.
>
> Any help is appreciated.

You haven't installed the module properly. David.pm.pl and David.pm.in
(why didn't you give a real example?) are a Perl script and a template
file that together create David.pm. This happens during what is called
the build process. I don't know the particulars of the build process
under windows, but it would include thinks like

perl Makefile.PL
nmake

etc.

If the module you want doesn't come pre-packaged for windows, it may
be hard to install.

Anno
.

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