Re: Can't install any modules

[Anonymous Monk]

Uninstall dwimperl by any means you know (add remove programs, remove anything dwimperl from any registry entries, remove the directory dwimperl)

Go to http://strawberryperl.com/ and install something recent. If you think you might move the directory where perl is installed get the "portable" version

Install strawberryperl and then use cpan as usual, to install cpanm....

[Anonymous Monk]

Ok, the problem was autoruns

reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor" /s

How to change the default startup directory for Command Prompt?

Hidden gotcha: The command processor's AutoRun setting - The Old New Thing - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

This could (or not) be considered a win32 perl bug as SH_PATH/Config#sh is lacking a /D option

$ perl -V:sh
sh='cmd /x /c';

$ cmd /?
...
/D      Disable execution of AutoRun commands from registry (see below
+)

...
If /D was NOT specified on the command line, then when CMD.EXE starts,
+ it
looks for the following REG_SZ/REG_EXPAND_SZ registry variables, and i
+f
either or both are present, they are executed first.

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\AutoRun

        and/or

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\AutoRun

[Anonymous Monk]

Still not working. Is there some root directory I could go to change where it wants to set up this 'blib' directory?

[Anonymous Monk]

Still not working.

That is not exactly possible :) You need to provide more details.

[ihopnavajo]

(sorry, can't reply to the comment below) AUTORUN!!!! You're a bloody lifesaver! That was it! I had setup autorun to change my cmd prompt window to go straight to c:\perlscripts. Thank you so much!! Huge sigh of relief

[ihopnavajo]

Well, it's the same, exact error as is in the log

----------------------------------------------
 Welcome to Strawberry Perl Portable Edition!
 * URL - http://www.strawberryperl.com/
 * see README.TXT for more info
----------------------------------------------
Perl executable: C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe
Perl version   : 5.18.4 / MSWin32-x64-multi-thread

c:\perlscripts>perl testprim
Can't locate TMDB.pm in @INC (you may need to install the TMDB module)
+ (@INC con
tains: C:/Strawberry/perl/site/lib C:/Strawberry/perl/vendor/lib C:/St
+rawberry/p
erl/lib .) at C:\perlscripts\testGetMovieName2 line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\perlscripts\testGetMovieName2 
+line 3.
Compilation failed in require at testprim line 5.

c:\perlscripts>cd c:\downloads

c:\downloads>gzip -d TMDB-0.11.tar.gz
'gzip' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

c:\downloads>tar xvf TMDB-0.11.tar
'tar' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

c:\downloads>cpan TMDB
CPAN: CPAN::SQLite loaded ok (v0.204)
Database was generated on Mon, 06 Oct 2014 23:56:58 GMT

Running install for module 'TMDB'
CPAN: Digest::SHA loaded ok (v5.92)
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok (v2.066)
Checksum for C:\Strawberry\cpan\sources\authors\id\M\MI\MITHUN\TMDB-0.
+11.tar.gz
ok
CPAN: Archive::Tar loaded ok (v2.02)
CPAN: File::Temp loaded ok (v0.2304)
CPAN: YAML::XS loaded ok (v0.52)
CPAN: Parse::CPAN::Meta loaded ok (v1.4414)
CPAN: CPAN::Meta loaded ok (v2.142690)
CPAN: Module::CoreList loaded ok (v5.20140920)
CPAN: Module::Build loaded ok (v0.421)
Configuring M/MI/MITHUN/TMDB-0.11.tar.gz with Build.PL
Checking prerequisites...
  requires:
    !  JSON::Any is not installed
    !  Object::Tiny is not installed

ERRORS/WARNINGS FOUND IN PREREQUISITES.  You may wish to install the v
+ersions
of the modules indicated above before proceeding with this installatio
+n


        !! NOTE !!

        TMDB-v0.04 and higher uses TheMoviDB API version '/3'. This br
+ings
        some significant differences both to the API and the interface
+ this modu
le
        provides, along with updated dependencies for this distributio
+n. If you
like to
        continue to use v2.1 API, you can continue to use
        TMDB-0.03x [ https://metacpan.org/release/MITHUN/TMDB-0.03/ ].

Created MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
Creating new 'Build' script for 'TMDB' version '0.11'
  MITHUN/TMDB-0.11.tar.gz
  C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe Build.PL -- OK
Running Build for M/MI/MITHUN/TMDB-0.11.tar.gz
---- Unsatisfied dependencies detected during ----
----          MITHUN/TMDB-0.11.tar.gz         ----
    Object::Tiny [requires]
    JSON::Any [requires]
Running install for module 'Object::Tiny'
CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok (v6.06)
CPAN: Time::HiRes loaded ok (v1.9726)
Fetching with LWP:
http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/authors/id/A/AD/ADAMK/Object-Tiny-1.08.
+tar.gz
Fetching with LWP:
http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/authors/id/A/AD/ADAMK/CHECKSUMS
Checksum for C:\Strawberry\cpan\sources\authors\id\A\AD\ADAMK\Object-T
+iny-1.08.t
ar.gz ok
Configuring A/AD/ADAMK/Object-Tiny-1.08.tar.gz with Makefile.PL
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Generating a dmake-style Makefile
Writing Makefile for Object::Tiny
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
  ADAMK/Object-Tiny-1.08.tar.gz
  C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe Makefile.PL -- OK
Running make for A/AD/ADAMK/Object-Tiny-1.08.tar.gz
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+!!
ERROR: Cannot copy 'lib/Object/Tiny.pm' to 'blib\lib\Object\Tiny.pm': 
+No such fi
le or directory
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+!!
 at -e line 1.
dmake.exe:  Error code 130, while making 'pm_to_blib'
  ADAMK/Object-Tiny-1.08.tar.gz
  C:\Strawberry\c\bin\dmake.exe -- NOT OK
Stopping: 'install' failed for 'Object::Tiny'.

On my first go, I didn't have a folder named "perlscripts", I was running the portable shell under the directory in which portable Strawberry was installed and instead of the above error, it was showing errors in trying to extract modules/files that were supposed to be in the blib directory. And, until I created a folder name "perlscripts", there was no blib directory. And I also apparently can't manually install modules either. wtf?