I have a need to test some Perl 4 code. It will run on an ancient (pre-386) machine that I don't currently have access to. I would like to compile it for OS X, but I can't find the source on CPAN (it seems to only go back to 5.004).
The original simtel archive is down, but this link will give you a version of Perl 4.19 that will run on an 8086:
http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/archive/ftp.sunet.se/pub/simtelnet/msdos/perl/
The filename is perl419x.zip and has been tested on on DOS 4.3 with 640k of memory and works.
http://www.cpan.org/src/unsupported/4.036/
Which I got to from http://perl.org => DOWNLOAD => Perl source code => unsupported
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I have been trying to compile a script that was written in perl by someone other than myself into an executable format that can be used without having perl installed. There seems to be some sort of issue with Crypt::SSLeay packaging but I'm not sure what the error means. Here is a screenshot of the error message.
I've tried using PAR pp and cava to package, both will create executables that run just fine on the machine I'm using that has perl, but whenever I transfer it to a different computer I get the error seen in the screenshot. It's been the same error each time after changing compiler settings, and I'm not sure what to do at this point. If I have left anything out that may assist in answer please let me know and I will be happy to provide, coding is not my field so I am still learning and this is my first encounter with Perl.
First off, you probably do not need and should not use Crypt::SSLeay. However, both the modern Net::SSLeay and Crypt::SSLeay require OpenSSL binaries to be installed on the machine to run.
both will create executables that run just fine on the machine I'm using that has perl, but whenever I transfer it to a different computer I get the error ...
That's because the target machine does not have OpenSSL installed in the same location on which compiled the modules you are bundling.
I desperately need your help! I need to compile a perl script to an executable so that it can be run in windows without having perl installed. I know it is not a good idea to do this , but I absolutely need it for the users of my script.
I have searched (a lot!) and decided the best solution is to use PAR::Packer. Yet I have been trying to install for something like 10 days now with no success…
I ve tried all possible combinations of perl installation (activestate, strawberry, 5.10, 5.14, 5.16) and PAR versions, but I haven’t found the combination that really works….
I tried this link: http://www.nicholassolutions.com/tutorials/perl-PAR.htm
And this: http://www.rabbibob.com/index.php/PAR_Compiling_Perl_scripts_into_executables#Can.27t_find_par_loader
And various from this site..
Anyway, right now, I have installed (with the above instructions):
Strawberry perl 5.16.3001
PAR-1.007
The error I get now when I try to run
pp –o script.exe script.pl
is that:
pp is not recognized as an external or internal command, operable program or batch file
indeed I don’t find the relevant pp.bat in the bin. For earlier versions of par, this bat was created, although there other missing files were appearing when
running pp….
My path variable contains:
C:\strawberry\c\bin;C:\strawberry\perl\site\bin;C:\strawberry\perl\bin
I also used PAR::Packer 1.0.14 but I get errors in the installation, something like
dmake.EXE: Error code 255, while making 'subdirs'
So, my question is: does anyone know a sure way this can work?? I am really frustrated and really pressed, every help will be deeply appreciated.
Thanks a lot!
I have used PAR to pack some scripts for other users. This has worked very well.
My old setup was done long ago. I have a new laptop and I tried to reproduce you error - but it seems like it just works.
My steps:
downloaded and installed strawberry-perl-5.18.1.1-64bit.msi
Install PAR::Packer with the cpan client
Create a testscript and type
pp -c -o test.exe test.pl
This produce the file test.exe - and it works fine.
the executable file pp is located in C:\strawberry\perl\site\bin\pp and was installed when i installed PAR::Packer.
If you cant find pp on you system you might want to check you installation of PAR::Packer.
I hope this helps :)
I am trying to install ruby version manager on a g4 ibook running 10.4 but I receive two error messages right off the bat when I try to run the first command:
$ bash -s stable < <(curl -s https://raw.github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/master/binscripts/rvm-installer )
bash: line 6: set: errtrace: invalid option name
bash: line 13: conditional binary operator expected
I am new to ruby, rails, and fairly inexperienced with the command line too. I've done a bit of searching and have seen other people having problems installing a specific version of ruby on a powerpc using rvm, but no other examples of someone having a problem installing rvm first of all.
Does this seem like a powerpc issue? Or is there something simple with the command line that I am missing here?
I have also searched on these specific error messages but haven't found any solutions yet. Oh and I should also add that I have xcode installed and I also installed macports because I thought that might help...but it hasn't.
The most probable cause of the error you're getting is your bash version is far too old to be used with any relatively new RVM version. Also, the likelihood of you being able to easily compile rubies on a G4 now is very low. You'll likely end up needing to compile many tools and libraries from source which you'll have to do from the command-line. Finding the right combination of library versions that both support your arch and are still available for download might not be as easy as it sounds. Much of the ruby compilation on OS X depends on libraries that come with Xcode. So, you might hit a wall there too with rubies now requiring newer libraries that can be provided with a version of Xcode that can be installed on your system.
You can try upgrading your bash version and/or use a much older version of RVM, although, I don't remember RVM ever working on 10.4. Or, you can try to compile everything from source, including Ruby. You'll might be able to get Ruby 1.8.6, maybe 1.8.7 working but anything higher is very unlikely.
Good luck =/
I'm trying (desperately) to build / install the newest version of WWW::Curl onto my activeperl box (I'll explain in a moment why I don't use the PPM)
I had to make some modifications as per the instructions found here:
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SZBALINT/WWW-Curl-4.15/README.Win32
I also had to change the following line:
From:
open(H_IN, "-|" "gcc", "$curl_h") and $has_cpp++;
To:
open(H_IN, "gcc $curl_h") and $has_cpp++;
I finally got perl Makefile.PL to work but now, when I run nmake, I get the following:
Missing right curly or square bracket at -e line 1, at end of line
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
NMAKE: fatal error U1077: 'C;|windows\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0xff'
Stop.
Now, the reason I'm trying to compile this rather than using the PPM supplied by u.winnipeg is because the that PPM doesn't seem to support SSL transaction (I get "libcurl: ssl disabled") Now, if anyone can show me how to get ssl to run on this PPM, I'm more than happy to use it.
Thank you very much in advance
I presume the original was
open(H_IN, "-|", "gcc", "$curl_h")
The reason you have to change that in because noone got around to implementing feature in Windows. Change it to
open(H_IN, qq{gcc "$curl_h" |})
Use the right name and syntax for your compiler.
Well, I finally figured it out, thanks to everyone who responded. There were a bunch of things I had to change.
Using http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SZBALINT/WWW-Curl-4.15/README.Win32 as a guide:
The open cmd as I did above worked fine. However, I did use the advice returned by ikegami, reinierpost, and mob.
Using nmake /n (as advised by socket puppet), it printed out all of the perl statements which were being executed. I took this output and placed it into a .bat file and corrected the perl syntax.
I changed all instances of
pm_to_blib({{#ARGV}
to
pm_to_blib({#ARGV}
(it is disturbing these were returned)
Then, I had to link the libcurl libraries to each line instantiating g++, which were not linked correctly. After I added these references, everything else went smoothly.
These were added:
C:\lc\curl\lib\libcurl.a C:\lc\curl\lib\libcurldll.a
Now, WWW::Curl is happily running on my system.
As for using the PPM version, it is exactly because of SSL I had to upgrade. The newest version of WWW::Curl is 4.15 the ppm version is (I believe) 3.02.
First, many people don't know that you can use ppm to install MinGW to use cpan to install modules.
Second, if the libcurl provided by your module doesn't do SSL, you can try and replace it with a suitable SSL version from the download page. This might well fail, but you might also be lucky.
I am getting a core dump when I use the Cmenu module on Solaris 8. The script works fine on Solaris 10. Could somebody please suggest a possible workaround for this? Using dbx shows the following:
terminated by signal SEGV (no mapping at the fault address)
Current function is Perl_safesysmalloc
92 Ptr = (Malloc_t)PerlMem_malloc(size?size:1)
Perl_safesysmalloc(size = 4U), line 92 in "util.c"
I built version 5.10 of Perl using gcc on this machine. Please let me know if you have need any other information.
That's probably a bug on the module. Send a bug report to the author!
... though, the last release is from 2001, probably not being maintained anymore :-(
Cmenu is a pure perl module that uses Curses.pm which is based on a C library. So mosts probable place for core dump is Curses.pm. Try upgrading it to latest version. Also try upgrading curses library.
If this does not help, try minimizing your program to get a minimal program that would still result a core dump. Report it to Cmenu bug tracker.