Adding CPAN modules to WinXP slimserver

[Bruce Hartley]

Once again I must ask you to beat with a new user.

I am trying to get the RSSCruzer plugin working.
I realise that I need extra perl modules.

I have downloaded them from CPAN but can't make them work.

Should they be under the CPAN directory?
In a subdirectory eg. XML?

or should they be in the plugin directory?

Do I have to do anything to register them or does the server (or perl
environment just find them?)

How do I know their dependancies?

I am running the service Slimserver on WinXP pro.

I think I asked a similar question the other night but didn't get to the
bottom of it and can't track down the thread right now.

Thanks,
Bruce.

[Jack Coates]

On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 15:08, Bruce Hartley wrote:
> Once again I must ask you to beat with a new user.
>

I've tried beating new users, and while it does offer some transitory
satisfaction, helping them is more lasting :-)

> I am trying to get the RSSCruzer plugin working.
> I realise that I need extra perl modules.
>
> I have downloaded them from CPAN but can't make them work.
>
> Should they be under the CPAN directory?
> In a subdirectory eg. XML?
>
> or should they be in the plugin directory?
>
> Do I have to do anything to register them or does the server (or perl
> environment just find them?)
>
> How do I know their dependancies?
>

I don't believe the executable you've downloaded will work in this way;
you'll need to get Active State Perl, then use their tool (ppa I think?)
to browse and get the modules. You may also need to get the Perl source
distribution of Slimserver.

> I am running the service Slimserver on WinXP pro.
>
> I think I asked a similar question the other night but didn't get to the
> bottom of it and can't track down the thread right now.
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce.
>
>
>
>

[Bruce Hartley]

"Jack Coates" <jack (AT) monkeynoodle (DOT) org> wrote in
message news:1073176231.3279.8.camel (AT) localhost (DOT) localdomain...

> I don't believe the executable you've downloaded will work in this way;
> you'll need to get Active State Perl, then use their tool (ppa I think?)
> to browse and get the modules. You may also need to get the Perl source
> distribution of Slimserver.
>
There was a note that from the 27th Dec build extra Perl modules could be
added to the windows version, or at least that's how I read it.
I have downloaded ActiveState Perl and installed it.
If I run their PPA and search RSS for exmaple, I get:

1. RSS-Parser-Lite [0.10] A simple pure perl RSS parser.
2. RSS-Parser-Lite [0.10] A simple pure perl RSS parser.
3. XML-RSS-Parser [0.21] A liberal parser for RSS Feeds.
4. XML-RSS-Parser [0.21] (none)
5. XML-RSSLite [0.11] lightweight, "relaxed" RSS (and XML-ish) parser
6. XML-RSSLite [0.11] (none)

none of these seem to be the same as when I search CPAN for RSS and get
XML::RSS.

Am I missing the point?
Do I need to link Active state Perl and the slimserver in some way or will
the Perl stuff just find each other?

Thanks,
Bruce.

[Jack Coates]

On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 02:13, Bruce Hartley wrote:
> "Jack Coates" <jack (AT) monkeynoodle (DOT) org> wrote in
> message news:1073176231.3279.8.camel (AT) localhost (DOT) localdomain...
>
> > I don't believe the executable you've downloaded will work in this way;
> > you'll need to get Active State Perl, then use their tool (ppa I think?)
> > to browse and get the modules. You may also need to get the Perl source
> > distribution of Slimserver.
> >
> There was a note that from the 27th Dec build extra Perl modules could be
> added to the windows version, or at least that's how I read it.
> I have downloaded ActiveState Perl and installed it.
> If I run their PPA and search RSS for exmaple, I get:
>
> 1. RSS-Parser-Lite [0.10] A simple pure perl RSS parser.
> 2. RSS-Parser-Lite [0.10] A simple pure perl RSS parser.
> 3. XML-RSS-Parser [0.21] A liberal parser for RSS Feeds.
> 4. XML-RSS-Parser [0.21] (none)
> 5. XML-RSSLite [0.11] lightweight, "relaxed" RSS (and XML-ish) parser
> 6. XML-RSSLite [0.11] (none)
>
> none of these seem to be the same as when I search CPAN for RSS and get
> XML::RSS.
>
> Am I missing the point?
> Do I need to link Active state Perl and the slimserver in some way or will
> the Perl stuff just find each other?

I'm not sure -- I don't have any Windows systems to test with.
Theoretically it's possible to make them use each other's environments,
but someone with Windows will probably have to help from here.
--
Jack at Monkeynoodle Dot Org: It's A Scientific Venture...
************************************************** ********************
* "Stark raving naked in the fornication nation!" *
* -- Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child from *
* Root Hog or Die by Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper *
************************************************** ********************