At the moment the install is pretty basic. pConv needs a recent version of Perl, Perl/Tk and a few modules. The script "installmods" will attempt to install the latest versions of each of the following modules using the CPAN module. You may have to configure the CPAN module before this will work.
To install pConv, do the following;
Install requesit software.
Either do it via CPAN, Manually or use the installmods script.
Copy pconv to your default third party binary location. I normally use /usr/local/bin.
Make sure it has reasonable permissions by executing chown root /usr/local/bin/pconv and chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/pconv.
This release of pConv was developed using the following code versions;
| Module | Version |
|---|---|
| Perl | 5.005_03 |
| Perl/Tk | 800.020 |
| IO | 1.20 |
| IniConf | 0.97 |
| Tk::FontDialog | 0.06 |
I have had 1 report of pConv running under Perl 5.004 however it behaved slightly strange and gave the odd error. I strongly recommend you start with Perl 5.005_03. I've also had a report that it works fine under Perl 5.6, however I personally haven't tried it.
If you get the error "File not found" when running either pconv or installmods then it's likely the path to your perl executable is wrong in the first line of each of the scripts. Edit the scripts and insert the correct full path to the perl executable.
If the installmods script does not work for you then you will need to manually install the modules listed above. Please check www.cpan.org for more information on this.
If you have any problems, please contact me at carl@stagecraft.cx .