How to install Perl/TK ?
Ed Purcell
computer for almost one year, but now I need to add
some GUI features to my Perl programs.
I've picked up and studied the "Learning Perl/Tk" book
by Nancy Walsh. Though not a visual development
environment (a la Visual Basic), the text-oriented
Perl/Tk should do the job.
However, ActiveState does not appear to offer
Perl/Tk (Visual Perl forthcoming).
And in the clutter of hundreds of Perl/Tk modules
listed at the CPAN sites I haven't found
a simple Perl/Tk installation procedure.
Any pointers to a simple installation procedure
for Perl/Tk in a Win NT computer would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Thomas L. Shinnick
>I've been using ActiveState Perl on a Win NT
>computer for almost one year, but now I need to add
>some GUI features to my Perl programs.
>
>I've picked up and studied the "Learning Perl/Tk" book
>by Nancy Walsh. Though not a visual development
>environment (a la Visual Basic), the text-oriented
>Perl/Tk should do the job.
>
>However, ActiveState does not appear to offer
>Perl/Tk (Visual Perl forthcoming).
http://www.activestate.com/Support/ActivePerl/PPM.html
"PPM, the Perl Package Manager"
"PPM is included with every ActivePerl release. It is a tool that
allows you to install, remove, upgrade and otherwise manage the
use of common Perl CPAN modules (like Tk and DBI) with ActivePerl."
^^
"PPM makes use of versions of CPAN modules that are pre-compiled
for a particular ActivePerl platform, freeing you from the need to
have tools like 'make' and a C compiler in order to make use of the
wide variety of modules available on CPAN."
>And in the clutter of hundreds of Perl/Tk modules
>listed at the CPAN sites I haven't found
>a simple Perl/Tk installation procedure.
>
>Any pointers to a simple installation procedure
>for Perl/Tk in a Win NT computer would be greatly appreciated.
M:\>ppm
PPM interactive shell (1.0.0) - type 'help' for available commands.
PPM> search tk
Packages available from http://www.ActiveState.com/packages:
Tk
Tk-GBARR
Tk-JPEG
Tk-Multi
Tk-ObjScanner
PPM> summary tk
Tk [800.022]: Tk - a Graphical User Interface Toolkit
PPM> install tk
Install package 'tk?' (y/N): y
Retrieving package 'tk'...
[much output snipped]
Installing M:\Perl\site\lib\Tk\X.pm
Installing M:\Perl\site\lib\Tk\X11Font.pm
Installing M:\Perl\site\lib\Tk\Xlib.pm
Installing M:\Perl\site\lib\Tk\Xrm.pm
Installing M:\Perl\site\lib\Tk.pm
Installing M:\Perl\site\lib\Tk.pod
Installing M:\Perl\bin\ptked
Installing M:\Perl\bin\ptked.bat
Installing M:\Perl\bin\ptksh.bat
Installing M:\Perl\bin\widget
Installing M:\Perl\bin\widget.bat
Writing M:\Perl\site\lib/auto/Tk/.packlist
PPM> quit
Quit!
M:\>widget
>Thank you.
Enjoy!
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Stefan Fournier
<qgb2ssgpruhlf57pp...@4ax.com>:
>On 14 Sep 00 19:11:37 GMT, pur...@Feline.cad.ucla.edu (Ed Purcell) wrote:
>>I've been using ActiveState Perl on a Win NT
>>computer for almost one year, but now I need to add
>>some GUI features to my Perl programs.
>>
>>I've picked up and studied the "Learning Perl/Tk" book
>>by Nancy Walsh. Though not a visual development
>>environment (a la Visual Basic), the text-oriented
>>Perl/Tk should do the job.
>>
>>However, ActiveState does not appear to offer
>>Perl/Tk (Visual Perl forthcoming).
>
>http://www.activestate.com/Support/ActivePerl/PPM.html
>"PPM, the Perl Package Manager"
>
>"PPM is included with every ActivePerl release. It is a tool that
>allows you to install, remove, upgrade and otherwise manage the
>use of common Perl CPAN modules (like Tk and DBI) with ActivePerl."
> ^^
Make sure that you've got the latest release of activeperl,
currently 617. I had problems with ppm of 613.
Cheers,
Stefan