[tex-live] Win 7: installationproblems, Perl stopped working
Lars Madsen
daleif at imf.au.dk
Mon Nov 21 12:48:50 CET 2011
Lars Madsen wrote, On 2011-11-21 12:38:
> Norbert Preining wrote, On 2011-11-21 12:33:
>> On Mo, 21 Nov 2011, Lars Madsen wrote:
>>>> width: 730
>>>> hright: 480
>>
>>> So far on all the win 7 64-bit laptops I've got my hands on,
>>> intstall-tl.bat have failed, whereas install-tl-advanced.bat works.
>>
>> Can you please try on any failing laptop to:
>> - in TEXMFROOT (...\texlive\2011\) create a file bla.pl with the
>> following content:
>> $^W = 1;
>> use strict;
>> use Tk;
>> Tk::MainWindow->new(-width => 730, -height => 480);
>> Tk::MainLoop();
>>
>> - in the same directory create a file bla.bat wiht the following contetn:
>> set "path=%~dp0tlpkg\tlperl\bin;%path%"
>> set "PERL5LIB=%~dp0tlpkg\tlperl\lib"
>> path
>> perl "%~dpn0" %*
>>
>> and then please run
>> bla.bat
>> If that works, it should show an empty window of 730x480 dimensions.
>> If that works, I don't know why it should fail with install-tl-wizard,
>> but it is a first test.
>>
>
> I assume one can use this also with the install-tl.zip that we download?
> Because that is what we do for testing.
>
> I will see what I can do
>
Of course, it would be better with
Perl programme: bla (no extension)
plus ending the bat file with a 'pause'.
Then it works fine on my 32-bit laptop.
I'll test on a 64-bit when I get a hold of one.
--
/daleif
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