Re: Fwd: SDL_Perl Errors

On Tuesday 03 October 2006 10:24, Robert Gresham wrote:

>  I built and installed SDL_perl from CPAN last night.  The Build did not
> produce any errors, however, test failed in most of the items.  The version
> on cpan produce the error (or very similar to) Can't locate a loadable
> module for SDL_perl in @INC ( ... ).  After this, it said that there was an
> error in require and it said something about an error in BEGIN.  I am at
> work now and do not have the exact errors in front of me.
>
> I do have all the prerequisits installed.  They are installed from Gentoo's
> Portage, so it is POSSIBLE that perhaps portage built them without a
> feature that is required for SDL_perl.
>
> I emerged the version of SDL_perl which was one major behind the CPAN
> version I believe and it built without fatals.  perl -e 'use SDL' executed
> fine, however the same command with SDL:App produced the error Can't locate
> a loadable module for SDL::(some font package.  I don't remember the name
> right off).
>
> 2 questions then, could these errors be related and what information do you
> need to help me troubleshoot this?  Any help or pointers I recieve would
> help me a lot.  I plan on posting the exact text of the error message
> tonight after I get home, but I got a bit ansy and the thought that someone
> might be able to shed some light became too much of a temptation.

Sounds like you don't have SDL_TTFont installed or configured.  It'd be nice 
to have SDL_Perl build separate .so files for each of the optional libraries, 
so it's not an all-or-nothing compile-time deal, but managing multiple XS 
files is sort of a hassle.

Posting the exact text will definitely help.

-- c