several problems with cygwin perl, Activeperl, perlmagick and Apache (Windows)

[Daniela Duerbeck]

Hi!

I want to use ImageMagick with PerlMagick and cgis with Apache for
cygwin.
My problem is that ImageMagick just works with ActivePerl and cgis just
work with cygwin perl.
So I tried to install both but some of my perlscripts that use
ImageMagick also use bash commands (like "file") and also if I call
ActivePerl with its complete path it stops because it tells that some
dlls cannot be found also they are there.

So my questions are:
Has anybody succeeded in installing PerlMagick with cygwin perl (that
would be my preferred solution)

or

Has anybody installed both perls and some advice for me?

or

Does anybody use cygwin Apache with ActivePerl?

Thanks a lot in advance,
Dani

 

[Ron Savage]

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:08:28 +1100, Daniela Duerbeck wrote:

Hi Dani

I want to use ImageMagick with PerlMagick and cgis with Apache for
cygwin.

OK.

I personally think you're doing things the hard way by using Cygwin.

My problem is that ImageMagick just works with ActivePerl and cgis
just work with cygwin perl.

Those statements are both not true. I use Image::Magick but I certainlydon't
use ActivePerl. By that I mean the Perl I use is not compiled byActiveState,
but comes from the same source code they use.

And I use Apache2 under Windows, and CGI scripts, and never use Cygwin,either.

If you choose not to use Cygwin, then you can go here:

http://savage.net.au/Perl.html

and read up on how to install or upgrade Perl and Apache, and also how in
install some GNU tools (which includes a discussion about installing
Image::Magick).

Then here:

http://savage.net.au/ImageMagick.html

you can download dozens of hax (demos) using Image::Magick in Perl programs,
both from the command line and in CGI scripts.