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Requestors: djd [...] cmad.com.au
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Subject: cpan Font::TTF will not load - Perl V5.30.2
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2020 00:36:29 +1000
To: bug-Perl-Dist-Strawberry [...] rt.cpan.org
From: djd <djd [...] cmad.com.au>
The  Strawberry Perl cpan facility has been quite OK with other modules, but not this one: Here is what the screen prints: cpan Font*::*TTF Loading internal logger. Log::Log4perl recommended for better logging CPAN: CPAN::SQLite loaded ok (v0.217) Database was generated on Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:16:29 GMT Running install for module 'Font::TTF' CPAN: Digest::SHA loaded ok (v6.02) CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok (v2.093) Checksum for C:\STRAWB~1\cpan\sources\authors\id\B\BH\BHALLISSY\Font-TTF-1.06.tar.gz ok CPAN: Archive::Tar loaded ok (v2.36) CPAN: YAML::XS loaded ok (v0.81) CPAN: CPAN::Meta::Requirements loaded ok (v2.140) CPAN: Parse::CPAN::Meta loaded ok (v2.150010) CPAN: CPAN::Meta loaded ok (v2.150010) Configuring B/BH/BHALLISSY/Font-TTF-1.06.tar.gz with Makefile.PL Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good ... Detected uninstalled Perl.  Trying to continue. Have \perl\perl\lib Want \strawb~1\perl\lib Generating a gmake-style Makefile Writing Makefile for Font::TTF Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json   BHALLISSY/Font-TTF-1.06.tar.gz   C:\Perl\perl\bin\perl.exe Makefile.PL -- OK Running make for B/BH/BHALLISSY/Font-TTF-1.06.tar.gz CPAN: Module::CoreList loaded ok (v5.20200314) The system cannot find the path specified.   BHALLISSY/Font-TTF-1.06.tar.gz   C:\STRAWB~1\c\bin\gmake.exe -- NOT OK Stopping: 'install' failed for 'Font::TTF'. Show quoted text
>(error): Could not expand [error2]. Check the module name. >(info): I can suggest names if you install one of
Text::Levenshtein::XS, Text::Levenshtein::Damerau::XS, Text::Levenshtein, and Text::Levenshtein::Damerau::PP Show quoted text
>(info): and you provide the -x option on invocation.
perl -v This is perl 5, version 30, subversion 2 (v5.30.2) built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-64int Copyright 1987-2020, Larry Wall Strawberry Perl is being used on a win32 XP machine and is generally running well. The failure to load Font*::*TTF appears to have been a not uncommon complaint from people using other PC/Perl configurations. Regards Damien