Text::BibTeX 0.40 Released
I adopted Text::BibTeX a long time ago and had a lot of complaints about its installation mechanism. This was mainly due to the fact that Text::BibTeX depended on a C library that needed to be installed prior to the perl module. The C library installation was easy on generic Unix platforms but was a pain to compile under Windows.
After lot of work I managed to include the library C code in the Perl module (now Text::BibTeX has no dependencies on the library), and managed to include code to compile the library in Windows, using the Strawberry Perl distribution (that includes a mingw C compiler).
The package is needing heavy tests, but it seems usable for most users. Probably I will post on the details about its build system in a later post, as it involves Config::AutoConf methodology to detect a suitable method to compile a standalone C library.
I blog about Perl. D'uh!
Possibly a stupid question, but could I ask for a clue as to (a) where to get this version and (b) exactly how to get it to work on Windows. My attempts at downloading from CPAN have so far failed to result in anything that will install (for example, versions that have a Makefile.PL that generates a Makefile, which is then no use).
Dear texdev.net, at the moment the version 0.40 that is available at cpan is a beta version (0.40_3). That underscore prevents cpan to index it. Therefore, you can't install it directly just issuing 'cpan Text::BibTeX'. But while running cpan, you can ask to install /A/AM/AMBS/Text/Text-BibTeX-0.40_3.tar.gz.
Another option is to download the tarball from http://search.cpan.org/~ambs/Text-BibTeX-0.40_3/ and issue the usual command to build a Perl module from there (perl Build.PL, Build, Build test, Build install).
Also, note that this version is only supported with Strawberry Perl. By the way, if you have Strawberry Perl, then a Makefile can be of use issuing the command dmake that is available with the tarball.
But if you are using ActiveState, I am sorry but this module will be of no help for you.
Thanks for that: I needed to install Config:AutoCong and Capture::Tiny first, but things now seem to work.
Joseph Wright
Hello again,
I see that this update is now available via CPAN. It doesn't seem to install Config::AutoConf automatically, and so this needs to be done by hand first. Is this deliberate?
Joseph Wright
Hello, Joseph.
If you have a CPAN with YAML installed, it should install Config::AutoConf automatically. If not, and as Build.PL requires this module, CPAN will fail.
At the moment I am discussing with M::B author and checking if is there any way to automate it for older CPAN versions.
Cheers
Hi,
I am using Strawberry perl 5.12 in Windows 7 64. I tried to install Text::BibTeX .48, .34. Nothing worked. .48 complained about not finding libbtparse.dll missing. .34 complained about 'Warning: No success on command[C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe Makefile.PL]'
Is there any way to use this module? I need it badly, but without using cygwin in windows.
Thanks,
- Gias
It worked after a fresh installation of Text::BibTeX using Perl Build.pl... .
- Gias