Perl Version Issue

shortyfw06 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

<I wrote a perl script that runs off of the perl5.8.5 version installed with the MSC software package. I tried running the same script with perl5.12.4 but I am getting the following errors.

Can't locate loadable object for module Tk::Event in @INC (@INC contai
+ns: C:/Per
l/site/lib C:/Perl/lib .) at C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk.pm line 13
Compilation failed in require at C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk.pm line 13.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk.pm line 13.
Compilation failed in require at Fastenator_working.pl line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Fastenator_working.pl line 9.
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I copied the Tk.pm and additional folders and files into the 5.12.4 structure and then received the following error.

Can't locate loadable object for module Tk::Event in @INC (@INC contai
+ns: C:/Per
l/site/lib C:/Perl/lib .) at C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk.pm line 13
Compilation failed in require at C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk.pm line 13.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk.pm line 13.
Compilation failed in require at Fastenator_working.pl line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Fastenator_working.pl line 9.
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Does anyone know if there's a compatibility issue with tk from one perl version to another? Thank you!

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Re: Perl Version Issue by moritz (Cardinal) on Jul 25, 2012 at 20:18 UTC
You have to properly install Tk for the new perl, because Tk contains some C code that needs to be recompiled to work with the new perl binary. Perl 6 - the future is here, just unevenly distributed	[reply]
Re: Perl Version Issue by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jul 26, 2012 at 04:02 UTC
Does anyone know if there's a compatibility issue with tk from one perl version to another? There is a compatibility issue - not with the files that you copied across, but with the binary files (that you didn't copy across) located in site/lib/auto/Tk. As moritz said, you need to install Tk properly The following command should install Tk-804.029.0.0 for you: `ppm install http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/Tk.ppd` [download] Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l]


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