Mark Dootson wrote: > As you say, there are various choices for Perl on Windows. > To get started, I would stick with ActivePerl purely as you already have it.
Thank you for your reply. :-) Okay. > Add the repository at: > http://www.wxperl.co.uk/repository > to your PPM. Done. > Install > Alien-wxWidgets > Wx > Wx-Demo Synchronizing Database ... Downloading ActiveState Package Repository packlist ... not modified Synchronizing Database done Downloading ActiveState Package Repository packlist ... not modified Downloading WxPerl packlist ... done Updating WxPerl database ... done Synchronizing Database ... Downloading ActiveState Package Repository packlist ... not modified Synchronizing Database done Alien-wxWidgets marked for install Alien-wxWidgets depends on Module-Pluggable Wx-Demo marked for install WARNING: Installing File-Spec-0.82 for File-chdir would downgrade File::Spec from version 3.25 to 0.82, File::Spec::Functions from version 1.3 to 1.1, File::Spec::Mac from version 1.4 to 1.2, File::Spec::OS2 from version 1.2 to 1.1, File::Spec::Unix from version 1.5 to 1.2, File::Spec::VMS from version 1.4 to 1.1, and File::Spec::Win32 from version 1.6 to 1.2 WARNING: Can't find any package that provide Cwd for File-chdir Wx-Demo depends on UNIVERSAL-require Wx-Demo depends on File-chdir Wx-Demo depends on Module-Pluggable Wx-Demo depends on File-Slurp Wx-Demo depends on Class-Accessor Wx-Demo depends on File-Spec ERROR: Can't find any package that provide Cwd for File-chdir Installing 2 packages ... Downloading Alien-wxWidgets-0.33 ... done Downloading Wx-Demo-0.10 ... done Unpacking Alien-wxWidgets-0.33 ... done Unpacking Wx-Demo-0.10 ... done Generating HTML for Alien-wxWidgets-0.33 ... done Generating HTML for Wx-Demo-0.10 ... done Updating files in site area ... done Downloading Alien-wxWidgets-0.33 install script ... done Running Alien-wxWidgets-0.33 install script ... done Installing 2 packages done > Run Wx-Demo with the command: > wxperl_demo. C:\Documents and Settings\dpchrist\My Documents>wxperl_demo Base class package "Class::Accessor::Fast" is empty. (Perhaps you need to 'use' the module which defines that package first.) at C:/Perl/site/lib/Wx/Demo.pm line 33 BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl/site/lib/Wx/Demo.pm line 33. Compilation failed in require at C:\Perl\site\bin/wxperl_demo.bat line 29. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\Perl\site\bin/wxperl_demo.bat line 29. > Get documentation for wxWidgets 2.8.7 from http://www.wxwidgets.org Done. > Read the useful 'Manual' and 'Tutorial' at the wxperl.sourceforge.net site. Will do. > Ask questions here :-) Please see above warnings and error messages. David
