Re: Installing W3C markup validator - stuck on step 5
Eric Richards <[email protected]> Tue, 31 Mar 2015 07:19:50 +1300
| Newsgroups | gmane.org.w3c.validator |
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| Message-ID | <CAB3-b-EqJRGaxTpUKUFM_U8FENb9mC5pBNu8QbeCv1p=hgcq+Q@mail.gmail.com> |
sorry replying from cell phone. is there a windows install for a validator and what is the URL From ERIC On 3/31/15, Mikkel Sandberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, thanks! > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 2:02 AM Michael[tm] Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Mikkel Sandberg <[email protected]>, 2015-03-26 23:42 +0000: >> > Archived-At: <http://www.w3.org/mid/CAEDZavgWZBnOwVEO5hX0Yt2KddC4D >> [email protected]> >> > >> > Hi, >> > I'm trying to set up the validator on my computer at work (it's a Mac) >> and >> > I get an error when I do the last part of step 4 (testing the validator >> > script). >> > This is the html that it outputs: >> > >> > <h1>Software error:</h1> >> > >> > <pre>Can't locate SGML/Parser/OpenSP.pm in @INC (@INC contains: >> > /Library/Perl/5.16/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.16 >> > /Network/Library/Perl/5.16/darwin-thread-multi-2level >> > /Network/Library/Perl/5.16 >> > /Library/Perl/Updates/5.16.2/darwin-thread-multi-2level >> > /Library/Perl/Updates/5.16.2 >> > /System/Library/Perl/5.16/darwin-thread-multi-2level >> > /System/Library/Perl/5.16 >> > /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.16/darwin-thread-multi-2level >> > /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.16) at ./check line 64. >> > >> > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./check line 64. >> ... >> > It seems at first glance that the problem is that part of the DTD >> > library >> > didn't install correctly, and I'm not really sure how to troubleshoot >> this. >> >> I recommend cutting your losses and just giving up. The code >> (Perl+SGML+DTDs) for the legacy validator service is no longer actively >> maintained and there is now almost now value in running an instance of >> that >> old service anyway. >> >> The code for the current HTML checker is actively maintained and >> documented: >> >> http://validator.github.io/validator/ >> >> And it’s also much easier to install: It’s just distributed as a single >> jar >> file that you can run either directly from the command line or, if you >> prefer, as a Web service: >> >> http://validator.github.io/validator/#web-based-checking >> >> -- >> Michael[tm] Smith https://people.w3.org/mike >> > -- >From Eric Support low data websites the only way to keep cellphone usage on Internet affordable.