Re: Installing XML::LibXSLT (ActiveState/32-bit)

* Daniel Perrett wrote:
>On Perl 5.14 there are no PPAs available. An error log is available: 
>http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x86/5.14/1400/P/PA/PAJAS/XML-LibXSLT-1.70.d/log-20110430T090745.txt

As I understand it, ActiveState generally does not provide PPMs for XS
modules with external dependencies such as libxslt in this case.

>When I try to make it via CPAN (using dmake) I get a similar experience: 
>even though it has successfully found the libraries (looking for 
>-llibxslt... yes), it then forgets (Note (probably harmless): No library 
>found for -llibxslt). There then follows a series of complaints which look 
>like calls to the libxslt dlls (which it hasn't loaded).

The general workflow would be that you get libxslt, compile it, ensure
that Makefile.PL can find the library headers and other files, and then
use the standard perl Makefile.PL; make test; make install process. If
you use Visual C++ you would need a `libxslt.lib` file for instance to
properly link the XS module to the libxslt DLL. If Makefile.PL cannot
find the .lib file, you get a message like the one above.

>I notice that the dll file in the 'auto' directory is 45KB, whereas 
>libxslt-1.1.26 (available from zlatkovic.com, which is where 
>http://xmlsoft.org/ points you to) is 163KB. Using the 163KB version in 
>place of the 45KB version also doesn't work, it reports "Can't find 
>'boot_XML__LibXSLT' symbol in 
>C:/Perl/site/lib/auto/XML/LibXSLT/LibXSLT.dll", but generates no 
>messagebox.

There would be two libxslt.dll files, one being the XS module and the
other being the actual library the XS module provides an interface to.

>Many thanks to anyone who reads this far - any ideas? If it's not possible 
>to have a working set of PPAs for the most up-to-date versions of 
>Perl/LibXML/LibXSLT, it would at least be good to be able to put together 
>reproduceable instructions for installing a version of this very useful 
>module!

http://strawberryperl.com/ is an alternative Perl distribution that
ships with the modules in question, but there is no 5.14 version yet.
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