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Generating perl-tk script distro for Windows
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| January Weiner 2006-02-10, 3:57 am |
| Hi,
I did not give much thought of making my script available for Windows, too.
Until now. As I have not the vaguest idea how Windows work, and how likely
it is to find users with perl-tk already somehow installed, I started
wondering what would be the best strategy if I wanted to make my program
easily available for Windows.
I think that it should be possible to piece together a rudimentary distro
of perl and perl-tk packed in one distribution with my program. I think
this is how some programs get distributed, but I don't know where to start
/ how to do it.
Could you recommend to me some reading / hints / links / etc.?
Regards,
January
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| brianr@liffe.com 2006-02-10, 7:57 am |
| January Weiner <january.weiner@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I did not give much thought of making my script available for Windows, too.
> Until now. As I have not the vaguest idea how Windows work, and how likely
> it is to find users with perl-tk already somehow installed, I started
> wondering what would be the best strategy if I wanted to make my program
> easily available for Windows.
>
> I think that it should be possible to piece together a rudimentary distro
> of perl and perl-tk packed in one distribution with my program. I think
> this is how some programs get distributed, but I don't know where to start
> / how to do it.
>
> Could you recommend to me some reading / hints / links / etc.?
Activestate already provide a free Perl distribution that includes Tk.
If you want to distribute your script as a freestanding executable
then Activestate will also sell you a Perl Dev Kit that provides
that. Alternatively, you could instal the PAR module and do it for
free (See http://search.cpan.org/search?query=PAR&mode=all).
HTH
--
Brian Raven
That's a valid argument. I just don't think it's valid enough. :-)
-- Larry Wall in <199804150050.RAA08093@wall.org>
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| January Weiner 2006-02-10, 6:58 pm |
| brianr@liffe.com wrote:
> that. Alternatively, you could instal the PAR module and do it for
> free (See http://search.cpan.org/search?query=PAR&mode=all).
This seems to be EXACTLY what I was searching for :-) Many thanks!
January
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Division of Bioinformatics, University of Muenster | Schloßplatz 4
(+49)(251)8321634 | D48149 Münster
http://www.uni-muenster.de/Biologie.Botanik/ebb/ | Germany
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