Mojolicious, morbo command not found - perl

I've installed Mojolicious on OS X Mavericks using the instructions found on the Mojolicious web page (http://mojolicio.us/).
The directions state " To run this example with the built-in development web server just put the code into a file and start it with "morbo". " When I do so, the command line gives me the error " morbo: command not found ".
I'll delete this if it's some rookie mistake but the only solution I've found is another stackoverflow page that didn't help me.

As part of the installation process of any Perl module that contains scripts, they are installed to a specific location. If that location is not in your executable path, then they cannot be run. I would do a file search for the morbo script and check your $PATH variable. The script must be in the directories listed in that variable to run it by name. Check by running echo $PATH in a terminal (I know that works on Linux, I think it should work for Mac).
You can also run morbo by executing the full path to the executable:
/home/joel/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.18.1/bin/morbo myapp.pl
(p.s. as you can see, I use perlbrew, I highly recommend it).

My morbo is here: /usr/local/Cellar/perl/5.24.0_1/bin/morbo
if I run it from there it works as expected. Just run
find / -name morbo and you will find it.
Hope it helps.

I had the same problem, but with the standard Perl install, not perlbrew. I was expecting the mojo command to be available, but I only had the morbo command.
which morbo -> /opt/local/bin/morbo
sudo ln -s /opt/local/bin/morbo /opt/local/bin/mojo

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Using Mojolicious commands in system CLI

My app, Alambic, uses The Great Mojolicious framework, and defines commands that can be executed with e.g. $ script/alambic alambic init.
Now when I look at Joel Berger's Galileo and other great pieces of work, I find they have a system command that can be directly invoked in a shell, e.g. $ galileo init. I looked into the mojolicious doc but found nothing to do that for my app. Now I'm not even sure if it's Mojolicious or the Perl CPAN Build process that makes it possible.. Any hint would be greatly appreciated.
I'll provide the complete answer here as a complement to #simbabque 's comment.
So for a Mojolicious application, one has to make it installable (i.e. cpan-aware) in order to have the binaries copied to a directory in the path. More specifically for Alambic I had to:
Setup InstallablePaths (I decided to go for Module::Build), see the documentation for the module
Create a Build.PL file
Run the Module::Build sequence to build the module:
perl Build.PL
./Build manifest
./Build
./Build test
./Build install
During the install step, binaries are copied to a Perl-managed directory that is in the $PATH. After that step the alambic command was available as a command in my shell.
Note: For one to have her/his own commands available on the CLI, the Mojolicious application has to define one or more commands of course.

unable to run php cli from the command line when xampp portable is installed in another drive

I have installed a xampp portable package on my drive D, added the php folder path inside it on the system environment so I would be able to run php basically anywhere from the command line. but when i try to check if its working by executing the "php -v" command, it runs but i get this following error/warning messages.
"Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'xampp-portable\php\ext[:any].dll - The specified module could not be found."
*the [:any] there just means some dll filename.
and i get a lot of that warnings with just varying dll filenames,
anyway, here's the catch. when i do change my current path in the command line to somewhere in drive D, and then run the same command "php -v" it runs smoothly.
so what configuration should i do to fix this problem?
by the way, i do the same with mysql, putting its bin directory path on the system enviroment, run it in both inside drive C and drive D. and it runs smoothly. so i guess this problem is only on php.
I've posted the same question in xampp forums and this is the answer that was given to me. I'll be quoting the answer as it was and give credit to the one who answere it.
XAMPP is very proud that it don't have to set any environment
variables or registry values.
What you want to do is not possible with XAMPP portable without
mapping to a specific Drive letter. All configurations in xampp
portable have relative paths, so if you want to use cli from a
different drive letter, php can be executed, but all extensions of
them throw errors.
I would install the full version of XAMPP, map it to the current drive
letter with help of the setup_xampp.bat file and use the XAMPP control
panel Shell instead of default command line (advantage: The XAMPP
control panel shell sets local include paths to the needed XAMPP
folders).
Works for me (i can even use pear, git, composer, and other cli
scripts with the Xampp Shell if correct integrated).
best wishes, Altrea
credits to Altrea
Open your php.ini file, replace all relative paths to absolute paths. Eg: \xampp\ to C:\xampp\

PAR installation in perl cannot be completed

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 :)

Perl Module Installation

I am attempting to install a Perl Module entitled: File-Copy-Recursive and I am following these steps:
1) open cmd.exe
2) perl -MCPAN -e 'install File::Copy::Recursive;'
and I receive the message "It looks like you don't have a C compiler and make utility installed. Trying to install dmake and the MinGW gcc compiler using the Perl Package Manager. This may take a few minutes..."
"Downloading ActiveState Package Repository packlist...failed 500 Can't connect to ppm4.activestate.com:80 (connect: timeout).
Downloading File-Copy-Recursive packlist...not found
ppm.bat install failed: Can't find any package that provides MinGW"
These failed because I am behind a proxy, and I do know the proxy settings but I don't know how to apply them in this situation.
Is anyone aware of any alternative fixes to this solution?
Thank you.
It seems you are using ActiveState Perl, which comes with its own package manager (called PPM) to ease the pain of installing modules, especially those which would normally require a C compiler to be able to install.
Try following the instructions to set up your environment so that PPM knows about your proxy. For example, to set the proxy settings for a single instance of cmd.exe:
C:\>set http_proxy=http://username:password#proxy.example.org:8080
Then, in the same command prompt window, try this (it works for me, though I'm not behind a proxy):
C:\>ppm install File-Copy-Recursive
Note that it's probably a good idea (maybe even required?) to run cmd.exe "As Administrator" to make sure it has full authorization.
EDIT: The particular module you want to use is written in pure Perl. For a quick "installation", you can just download it from CPAN, extract the files, and copy the "Recursive.pm" file into a File\Copy directory structure placed in the same directory as your script:
yourscript.pl
File\
Copy\
Recursive.pm
As an alternative you could try the Strawberry Perl distribution which comes with tools for building XS modules.
Hi
I guess you are using Activestate Perl
look at
http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.10/faq/ActivePerl-faq2.html#what_is_ppm
PPM is installed automatically with ActivePerl.
To use PPM, your computer must be connected to the internet, have access to a PPM repository on a local hard drive or network share, or have access to a mounted ActiveState ActiveDVD.
If you connect to the internet via firewall or proxy, you may need to set the http_proxy environment variable. See PPM, Proxies and Firewalls for more information.

Simple Unix question - Configure

I'm using Solaris 10, ksh. Whenever I do a ./configure, I get the error "ksh: ./configure: not found"
When I do a "where configure", nothing is found.
How do I "install configure"?
./configure means that you want to run an executable called configure in your current directory (signified by a .). I'm guessing you're trying to build and install from source, and the directions say to do the standard ./configure; make; make install. You should do that from the top-level directory of the source you downloaded and unpacked:
$ cd /path/to/source
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install
"./configure" means "run the program configure from the current directory". That is, you need to cd to the directory that configure lives in before attempting to run it like that.
As for where configure might be found, it's usually at the root of whatever source package you're trying to build.
I'm not a Solaris guy, but the configure script should be within your current directory before you execute it. I am assuming you're trying to build something. If it's a project of your own, take a look at GNU autoconf. (I have no idea if this a part of Solaris or not.) It's part of M4.
If it's a project that you downloaded, untar/unzip/unpack it and then cd to its directory before running the configure script.
I had to run a command for another directory; and then that popped everything up :)
In case someone else comes across this specific issue, I'm trying to install the Perl-Php plugin on a Solaris machine. Initially, there is no configure file; instead you have to find where your "phpize" is located -- for me it was /opt/webstack/php/5.2/phpize, run it while you are still in the "perl-php-plugin" folder, and then configure will appear.
Then you can ./configure :)
Thanks to everyone who responded.