Re: Installing Glib::Object::Introspection

["Ed ." <ej_zg hotmail com>]

Brian,

I've been doing a little work on ExtUtils::MakeMaker (take a look at the 
latest dev release's XSMULTI feature). I had a quick go on my Strawberry 
Perl at "cpanm G::O::I", which failed at Glib, because it (fairly obviously) 
failed to find gobject with pkg-config.

I have a "vision" of a Windows-compatible way of abstracting the finding of 
non-perl libraries, using Alien::*, probably using Alien::Base. This would 
mean there would be an Alien::Glib, etc, which on install would either find 
or build and install in perl's site library glib, and at runtime would 
dynaload it into perl.

Separately, the XSMULTI feature would dramatically simplify various parts of 
the Glib build process; see the bottom of this EUMM FAQ section: 
https://metacpan.org/pod/release/BINGOS/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.05_07/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker/FAQ.pod#Bootstrapping

What are your thoughts?

Best regards,
Ed

-----Original Message----- 
From: Brian Manning
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 6:08 PM
To: RAPPAZ Francois
Cc: GTK-Perl List
Subject: Re: Installing Glib::Object::Introspection

Sorry, I replied to your previous e-mail from my personal e-mail
address, which does not go to the list.


On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 2:36 PM, RAPPAZ Francois
<francois rappaz unifr ch> wrote:
> So, I'll stay with Gtk2 if there is no other solution (but there should be 
> a more sensible way to add Gtk3 to my existing list of perl modules)

Your two options for G:O:I on Windows are to re-use someone else's
existing work (pre-compiled Strawberry Perl with Gtk3/G:O:I), or if
you want to keep your existing Strawberry Perl install(s), you can
download the compiled gobject-introspection libraries for your version
of Windows (you didn't mention if it's 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7),
and then compile G:O:I yourself under whichever version of Strawberry
Perl you are using (which you also didn't mention).

So far, nobody else but Daniel has stepped forward to put together a
bundle for Windows that has Gtk3 and G:O:I (thanks Daniel!).  The
reason this is so is because it takes a lot of work to make just one
Perl/GTK bundle for Windows;  creating bundles for each and every
combination of Strawberry Perl and GTK on Windows is apparently more
work than anyone has time for right now.

If you're volunteering to do the work of building a Gtk3/G:O:I
installable bundle for all permutations of Windows
versions/architectures and all versions of Strawberry Perl that would
run on those Windows versions/architectures, I'm sure you'll make a
lot of people happy.

Thanks,

Brian


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Manning [mailto:brian xaoc org]
> > Sent: vendredi, 9. janvier 2015 12:23
> > To: RAPPAZ Francois
> > Cc: gtk-perl-list gnome org
> > Subject: Re: Installing Glib::Object::Introspection
> >
> > Replace your existing Strawberry Perl install, yes.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
> > > On Jan 9, 2015, at 13:26, RAPPAZ Francois <francois rappaz unifr ch>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks for replying
> > >
> > > That would mean that I would have to replace all my existing perl
> > installation with this one ?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > François
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: brian xaoc org [mailto:brian xaoc org] On Behalf Of Brian
> > >> Manning
> > >> Sent: vendredi, 9. janvier 2015 11:18
> > >> To: RAPPAZ Francois
> > >> Cc: gtk-perl-list gnome org
> > >> Subject: Re: Installing Glib::Object::Introspection
> > >>
> > >> Sorry, that someone with the Gtk3 Strawberry Perl is Daniel Kasak, I
> > >> meant to put his name in the e-mail before I sent it.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >>
> > >> Brian
> > >>
> > >>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Brian Manning <cpan xaoc org>
> > wrote:
> > >>> Someone has already a modified Strawberry Perl with the Gtk3 module
> > >>> for Windows, which would include the G:O:I module you are trying to
> > >>> build.
> > >>>
> > >>> The original release announcement is here:
> > >>>
> > >>> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-perl-list/2014-
> > >> October/msg00007.ht
> > >>> ml
> > >>>
> > >>> And this message has a newer download link:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-perl-list/2014-
> > >> October/msg00011.ht
> > >>> ml
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks,
> > >>>
> > >>> Brian
> > >>>
> > >>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 12:02 PM, RAPPAZ Francois
> > >>> <francois rappaz unifr ch> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I would like to install Glib::Object::Introspection on my w7 pc
> > >> with
> > >>>> Strawberry perl. I can have the perl Makefile.pl command
> > finishing.
> > >>>> I miss a  gobject-introspection-1.0 library. I have download a
> > >>>> gobject-
> > >>>> introspection-1.31.0 from github but as far as I can see I should
> > >>>> compile this. Where can I find the binary file for W7 ? How can I
> > >>>> install this package ?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thanks for any help
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> François
> > >>>> _______________________________________________
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