Strawberry Perl and Capture.pm

syklops

Hi,

I have a problem installing the Win32::Capture module on windows. It seems the module has a syntax error in the Makefile.pl. Using strawberry perl's cpan trying a install Win32::Capture, I get:

String found where operator expected at Makefile.PL line 12, near "'Win32::GUI::DIBitmap'" (Missing semicolon on previous line?)

The makefile looks like this:

use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;

die "Win32::Capture can only be installed on MS Win32 Platforms\n Makefile not written\n\n" unless $^O eq 'MSWin32';

WriteMakefile(
    NAME         => 'Win32::Capture',
    VERSION_FROM => 'lib/Win32/Capture.pm', # finds $VERSION
    AUTHOR       => 'LiloHuang <kenwu@cpan.org>',
    ABSTRACT_FROM=> 'lib/Win32/Capture.pm',
    PREREQ_PM    => { 
    'Win32::API'            => 0
    'Win32::GUI::DIBitmap'            => 0
   }
);

Has anyone any thoughts on what I might do next to try to resolve this issue?

I am running :
Windows 7(dont ask) 64-bit
Strawberry Perl 5.8.9.3

Any ideas?

syklops

Have installed on XP and have the same problem.

Does anyone know how to specify the path of a perl module in a perl script?

Accio

Hi.

Edit Makefile.PL and add a comma to the end of the 'Win32::API' line:

    ...
    PREREQ_PM    => { 
    'Win32::API'            => 0,
    'Win32::GUI::DIBitmap'            => 0
   }
    ...

After that, if you have the dependencies installed,you should be able to do a standard "dmake; dmake test; dmake install" to install it.

John.
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