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howtos:allplatformsrequireperl [2009/05/03 22:07] – Mention ActivePerl 5.8/5.10 incompatibility xueshenghowtos:allplatformsrequireperl [2013/10/27 04:18] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 Regardless of the OS, you must have a working Perl installation to use the cross-platform version of POPFile.  Regardless of the OS, you must have a working Perl installation to use the cross-platform version of POPFile. 
  
-  * Windows users must have Perl 5.8.0 or above, available from [[http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/| ActiveState]] The current Perl 5.8 release is %%ActivePerl%% 5.8.9 build 825 available from [[http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads/|ActiveState downloads]] (**Note:** The Windows version of POPFile is based upon Perl 5.8. Perl 5.10 is not binary compatible with Perl 5.8. In particular, do not attempt to use extensions or PPM packages built for %%ActivePerl%% 5.8 series builds with %%ActivePerl%% 5.10 series builds and vice versa.)+  * Windows users must have Perl 5.8.0 or above, available from [[http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/| ActiveState]] The current Perl 5.8 release is %%ActivePerl%% 5.8.9 build 826 available from [[http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads/|ActiveState downloads]] (**Note:** The Windows version of POPFile is based upon Perl 5.8. Perl 5.10 is not binary compatible with Perl 5.8. In particular, do not attempt to use extensions or PPM packages built for %%ActivePerl%% 5.8 series builds with %%ActivePerl%% 5.10 series builds and vice versa.)
  
   * All other users must have Perl 5.6.0 or above, available from [[http://www.perl.org/get.html| Perl Org]] (Perl 5.7.3 or above, if you want Japanese/Korean language support)   * All other users must have Perl 5.6.0 or above, available from [[http://www.perl.org/get.html| Perl Org]] (Perl 5.7.3 or above, if you want Japanese/Korean language support)
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   - [[http://search.cpan.org/~timb/DBI/ | DBI]]   - [[http://search.cpan.org/~timb/DBI/ | DBI]]
   - [[http://search.cpan.org/~msergeant/DBD-SQLite/ | DBD::SQLite]] (if you are using the default SQLite for the backend database)   - [[http://search.cpan.org/~msergeant/DBD-SQLite/ | DBD::SQLite]] (if you are using the default SQLite for the backend database)
-    - IMPORTANT NOTE: There are two incompatible flavours of SQLite: 2.x and 3.x. POPFile 1.1.0 (or later) uses SQLite 3.x therefore it requires DBD::SQLite v1.00 or later (1.1.0 was tested using v1.13 and v1.14). POPFile 0.25.0 to 1.0.1 used SQLite 2.x and requires DBD::SQLite v0.31 which is the last version of DBD::SQLite based upon SQLite 2.x. (To use that old version, you will need to specify the full path when you install from CPAN, e.g., cpan> install M/MS/MSERGEANT/DBD-SQLite-0.31.tar.gz) [[SQLite3| More detail can be found here]]+    - IMPORTANT NOTE: There are two incompatible flavours of SQLite: 2.x and 3.x. POPFile 1.1.0 (or later) uses SQLite 3.x therefore it requires DBD::SQLite v1.00 or later (1.1.0 was tested using v1.13 and v1.14). POPFile 0.25.0 to 1.0.1 used SQLite 2.x and requires DBD::SQLite v0.31 which is the last version of DBD::SQLite based upon SQLite 2.x. (To use that old version, you will need to specify the full path when you install from CPAN, e.g., cpan> install M/MS/MSERGEANT/DBD-SQLite-0.31.tar.gz) [[:SQLite3| More detail can be found here]]
   - [[http://search.cpan.org/~msergeant/DBD-SQLite2/ | DBD::SQLite2]] (if you are using any POPFile version between 0.22.5 and 1.0.1 or upgrading to 1.1.0 (or later) from 0.22.0, 0.22.1, 0.22.2, 0.22.3, 0.22.4, 0.22.5, 1.0.0 or 1.0.1)   - [[http://search.cpan.org/~msergeant/DBD-SQLite2/ | DBD::SQLite2]] (if you are using any POPFile version between 0.22.5 and 1.0.1 or upgrading to 1.1.0 (or later) from 0.22.0, 0.22.1, 0.22.2, 0.22.3, 0.22.4, 0.22.5, 1.0.0 or 1.0.1)
   - [[http://search.cpan.org/~capttofu/DBD-mysql/ | DBD::mysql]]  (if you are using MySQL for the backend database)   - [[http://search.cpan.org/~capttofu/DBD-mysql/ | DBD::mysql]]  (if you are using MySQL for the backend database)
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   - [[http://search.cpan.org/~gbarr/TimeDate/ | TimeDate]]  (on Windows only)   - [[http://search.cpan.org/~gbarr/TimeDate/ | TimeDate]]  (on Windows only)
   - [[http://search.cpan.org/~mkutter/SOAP-Lite/ | SOAP::Lite]] (if you want to use XMLRPC)   - [[http://search.cpan.org/~mkutter/SOAP-Lite/ | SOAP::Lite]] (if you want to use XMLRPC)
 +  - [[http://search.cpan.org/~phred/XMLRPC-Lite/ | XMLRPC::Lite]] (if you want to use XMLRPC on Windows)
 +  - [[http://search.cpan.org/~tate/File-Glob-Windows/ | File::Glob::Windows]] (if you want Japanese language support on Windows)
 +  - [[http://search.cpan.org/~robertmay/Win32-GUI/ | Win32::GUI]] (POPFile 1.1.0 or later on Windows only (which is used for Tray icon support) )
  
 If you want to use SSL you'll also need OpenSSL (http://www.openssl.org/). If you want to use SSL you'll also need OpenSSL (http://www.openssl.org/).
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 <code>   perl -v</code> <code>   perl -v</code>
  
-===== Sample ActivePerl-5.8.4.810 (ActiveState) Win32 Basic Install =====+===== Sample ActivePerl-5.8.9.826 (ActiveState) Win32 Basic Install =====
  
-Install ActivePerl-5.8.4.810+Install ActivePerl-5.8.9.826
 Switch to the /perl/bin directory Switch to the /perl/bin directory
 Type PPM Type PPM
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   PPM>Install timedate   PPM>Install timedate
   PPM>Install html-template   PPM>Install html-template
-  PPM>Install dbd-sqlite2+  PPM>Install dbd-sqlite
   PPM>q</code>   PPM>q</code>
-Install Popfile 0.22.1 and adjust configuration for SQLite2. [[SQLite3| There is a detailed explanation of the SQLite2 and SQLite3 issue here]]+Install the latest version of Popfile and adjust configuration for SQLite.
  
 You now have a functional Popfile configuration. If you plan to use additional Popfile modules or services you may have to add additional perl modules. You now have a functional Popfile configuration. If you plan to use additional Popfile modules or services you may have to add additional perl modules.
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 <code>  perl -MCPAN -e shell <code>  perl -MCPAN -e shell
   cpan>install DBI   cpan>install DBI
-  cpan>install DBD::SQLite2+  cpan>install DBD::SQLite
   cpan>install HTML::Template   cpan>install HTML::Template
   cpan>install Date::Parse   cpan>install Date::Parse
   cpan>quit</code>   cpan>quit</code>
  
-Install Popfile 0.22.1 and adjust configuration for SQLite2. [[SQLite3| There is a detailed explanation of the SQLite2 and SQLite3 issue here]]+Install the latest version of Popfile and adjust configuration for SQLite2.
  
 You now have a functional Popfile configuration. If you plan to use additional Popfile modules or services you may have to add additional perl modules. You now have a functional Popfile configuration. If you plan to use additional Popfile modules or services you may have to add additional perl modules.
  
 
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