Accessing libcurl from activestate perl

At a prompt:
    ppm install www-curl

Adam:

I went to DOS prompt and did what yo usay and got
"ppm is not recognized as an internal or external program"

Can you be more clear on the exct steps on what needs to be done.

I have installed Active perl 5.6.1 Build 638 under c:\perl
I aslo have CURL -7.16.4 under c:\curl

However I think libcurl was not installed (not sure why).

thank you

It sounds as though your path was not properly setup.  The ppm should have been installed with perl, and the path setup.  It is a program, Perl Package Manager, used to manage (install) libraries on perl.  It should be in c:\perl\bin.

Do you have ppm.bat in c:\perl\bin?
If so, try adding c:\perl\bin to your path, then try again.
If not, try re-installing perl.

Adam:

yes I do have ppm.bat in c:\perl\bin. It is in my path too.

It ran fine now. However I get the following error:
mismatched tag at line 6, column 2 byte 164 at c:\perl\site\lib\xml\parser.pm
line 168

What do i do now?

thanks,

I'm assuming that you installed www-curl, and are now trying to use it?
What is the code the produced the above error?  

It looks like you are trying to parse a file, and that the file you are trying to parse has mismatched tags.
If so, you should fix your file.

Adam:

No i get this error while trying to install www-curl. I do not have any code.

You told me above to  do this:
At a prompt:
  c:\curl\ ppm install www-curl

I get the error after running the above command..

 I am using
windwos xp and
activestate perl version 5.005-03 built for mswin32-x86 objects.
curl 7.16.1 libcurl 7.16.1 openssl/0.9.7.b zlib/1.2.3

I assume that liburl gets installed automatically when you install curl! right.

Sorry, wrong case.  Try this:
    ppm install WWW-Curl

Adam:

I upgrade to Active Perl 5.6.1 Build 638. I aslo change the case of the command which I do not think made a difference.

Now I get this after
c:\perl\ppm install WWW-Curl

Error installing package 'WWW-Curl': Could not locate a PPD file for package WWW-Curl.

What shall I do now?

Thanks,

Try adding this repository, then try to install
http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/cgi-bin/ppmserver?urn:/PPMServer

Adam:

I clicked on the wron button "Accept solution".

THe link you provided shows a blank page. Nothing happened. Same error mesage,

The link above is a perl package repository, to be used in PPM.

To add it:
at a command prompt, type ppm
you will be at a ppm prompt
at the ppm prompt, type:  rep add Uwinn http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/cgi-bin/ppmserver?urn:/PPMServer
After a short time, you will be at the ppm prompt again
type:  install WWW-Curl
The package should install, and you will again be at a ppm prompt, type:   quit

I just did.

Uknown or Amibuous command 'rep. I tried starting with add and Uwinn and they all gave me the invalid command in ppm prompt.

By the way, do you know of a way/program that is easier to copy between the dos prompt and email. I have to keep retyping the messages. The windows CMD is not user friendly.

If you turn on quick edit in the command prompt, you can click to select text, the right click to copy the select text.  (you can right click again to paste what is copied).
Click the control box (the icon in the title bar of the command prompt), select properties
Go to the options tab
select Quick Edit mode

rep is a shortcut for repository.  I thought shortcuts worked with version 5.6, but maybe not.  Try the full command:
repository add Uwinn http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/cgi-bin/ppmserver?urn:/PPMServer

Then try the install.  If the repository command still gives an error, type "help" (no quotes) at the prompt, and post what it gives you.

I screwed something up configuring the dos editor. Now when I hit run cmd it opens up the whole screen and I can't go to the editor to change anything. Any ideas how to get it back.

I did what you said. it said
repository is Uknown or ambiguous command.

you can type help in ppm to see the valid command.

I screwed something up configuring the dos editor. Now when I hit run cmd it opens up the whole screen and I can't go to the editor to change anything. Any ideas how to get it back.

I did what you said. it said
repository is Uknown or ambiguous command.

you can type help in ppm to see the valid command.

When I type help it gives me a list of the valid comands

exit
help
install
quit
query
set
version
send
remove

I installed active state perl 5.8.8 and the install of WWW-Curl worked fine.

Does anyone have a small script for testing the working of perl accessing the curl functions without running the curl.exe but using the library?

Also,how would you compare the native perl LWP package to CURL. Is curl easier to program and more powerful? I know it is more portable. I am not sure if LWP is supported on IBM AIX and HP UX.

I've never worked with curl so I'm no help in that area.

use WWW::Curl;
print $WWW::Curl::VERSION;

http://search.cpan.org/~crisb/WWW-Curl-3.02/lib/WWW/Curl.pm