This is the mail archive of the cygwin mailing list for the Cygwin project.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format: [Raw text]

Re: Need help with Perl/Tk



----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Kairys" <kairys@comcast.net>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 10:26 PM
.
.

Can't load '/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cygwin/auto/Tk/Tk.dll' for module Tk:
No such file or directory at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/DynaLoader.pm line 230.


However /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cygwin/auto/Tk/Tk.dll is in fact there:

Yes ... but note that the error message doesn't actually say that '/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cygwin/auto/Tk/Tk.dll' could not be found. In fact, it says that '/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cygwin/auto/Tk/Tk.dll' could not be *loaded* ... which implies that '/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cygwin/auto/Tk/Tk.dll' *was* found .... but ... ummm ... couldn't be *loaded*.


Why couldn't it be loaded ? Perhaps because it tried to load a file (usually, in my experience, a dll) that couldn't be found at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/DynaLoader.pm line 230.

(When it comes to DynaLoader you gotta learn to read the fine print and make intuitive leaps :-)
.
.

However when I asked in that thread "Is it correct that Cygwin Perl/Tk requires a running X server?" I got:


That is one of the stranger assertions to pass by here in a while.


I must confess that my reaction would have been pretty much the same. On native Win32, Tk simply "works" ... and no X Server.


In the final analysis, I can't answer your question(s), but I do look forward to learning just what the correct solution is :-)

Cheers,
Rob



-- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]