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Installation Instructions - Perl Debugger PTKDB for Win95/98/NT

  1. Download and install ActivePerl from original site.
  2. Make sure you are connected to the Internet. Start a MS-DOS prompt and type the command "ppm install tk". This will use the perl package manager to install Tk, required by the debugger. This will also take a few minutes at least, while it downloads about 2Mb of files from a remote site. In between which it looks like the process has hung - to check if it is still going, look at your dial-up connection to make sure the bytes received keeps increasing.
  3. Download the file Devel-ptkdb-1.108.tar.gz from original site.
  4. Unzip them using WinZip or whatever compression software you have.
  5. Move the file Devel\ptkdb.pm into the C:\PERL\LIB\DEVEL\ directory.
  6. Test if everything is OK by starting a MS-DOS prompt, going to C:\PERL\EG and typing "perl -d:ptkdb example.pl". The debugger window should start up, with the example.pl (a one-line script) on the right panel. Click "Run" and the debugger should finish (ie. disappear) with the line "Hello from ActivePerl!" printed on the MS-DOS prompt.
  7. That completes the installation.

Document author: H.L. Hiew, Unit Coordinator
Last Modified: Wednesday, 28-Jan-2004 20:50:10 MST
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