Re^3: @INC site/lib problem on Windows 7 and XP (ActiveState Perl)

[Anonymous Monk]

Correction, I forgot I also used the PPM GUI to install a second package, Win32::Symlink, but have been only using the Win32::Hardlink package as my testing rat..

[Marshall]

I set the path to <drive-letter>:/activestate/perl/5.10/

I suspect something went wrong in this GUI over-ride of the path. Active State "likes" to install into C:\Perl. I have seen this install into other directories. Use the GUI to navigate to the installation directory. I would create this non-standard c:|d:\activestate\perl\5.10 directory prior to running the install.

Sorry that I cannot help further. It is possible to install Active State into a non-standard directory and I've seen it done. Maybe there is something a bit strange about Win7?? I think that is highly likely.

[Anonymous Monk]

Storing default win32 ActivePerl perl in a directory called 5.10 will break @INC, see How is the default @INC constructed?

$ perl\bin\perl.exe -le "print for @INC"
C:/tmp/ActivePerl-5.10.1.1006-MSWin32-x86-291086/ActivePerl-5.10.1.100
+6-MSWin32-x86-291086/perl/site/lib
C:/tmp/ActivePerl-5.10.1.1006-MSWin32-x86-291086/ActivePerl-5.10.1.100
+6-MSWin32-x86-291086/perl/lib
.

$ rename perl 5.10

$ 5.10\bin\perl.exe -le "print for @INC"
C:/tmp/ActivePerl-5.10.1.1006-MSWin32-x86-291086/ActivePerl-5.10.1.100
+6-MSWin32-x86-291086/5.10/lib
.