Re: Latexmk fails to run because of old File::Path dependency

Geoff Shannon <geoffpshannon <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I've just been struggling with an issue where the bundled version of Perl
> doesn't include the correct version of File::Path.  I get this message 
when
> trying to run latexmk.exe:
> 
>     File::Path version 2.08 required--this is only version 1.08 at
> d:\MikTex\scripts\latexmk\perl\latexmk.pl line 121.
>     BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at d:\MikTex\scripts\latexmk\perl\
> latexmk.pl line 121.
> 
> An important point to note, this problem was masked for a long time by the
> fact that I had Strawberry Perl installed (though apparently it only has
> that affect when installed via Chocolatey).
> 
> What I'm wondering is if anybody knows how to manually upgrade this
> dependency, or even if they know how the included perl within miktex works
> and where that dependency lives...
> 
> Thanks!

Hey everybody,

I have the same problem.

How did you fix this with Strawberry Perl?
I installed it and my PATH is pointing to the corresponding folder, but I'm 
still getting the same error from latexmk.exe.

Thanks!


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