How do I install the Perl module WWW-Mechanize-Firefox?

perl perl-module www-mechanize-firefox
user1690130 picture user1690130 · Feb 5, 2013 · Viewed 7.4k times · Source

Can you tell me where to find a guide on how to install a perl module?

I am trying to install the perl module: http://metacpan.org/pod/WWW::Mechanize::Firefox::Installation

I am stuck at step 7. I am not sure where the problem lays exactly, although I can get mozrepl to appear under tools. All I know is that when I run use WWW::Mechanize::Firefox; I get the following type of result:

Cannot locate www/mechanize/firefox.pmin @INC<@INC contain: C:/Perl/site/lib C:/Perl/lib

In the directory in which I have perl, if I type ppm install WWW-Mechanize-Firefox I get

"ppm install filed: Can't find any package that provide WWW-Mechanize-Firefox"

I use Windows XP.

I would appreciate any help. Thank you!

Answer

Craig Treptow picture Craig Treptow · Feb 5, 2013

Based on this error:

Cannot locate www/mechanize/firefox.pmin @INC<@INC contain: C:/Perl/site/lib C:/Perl/lib

You need to install the module.

If you are using Strawberry Perl for instance, you should be able to simply:

cpan WWW::Mechanize::Firefox

I believe ActiveState supports the above, as well as ppm install WWW::Mechanize::Firefox

EDIT: ActiveState's Instructions

EDIT:

During the install, some of the tests failed. I then went ahead and followed the steps you linked to. At that point I went back and ran the tests using:

cpan -t WWW::Mechanize::Firefox

The tests open and close various windows in FF.

Related questions

How can I check if a Perl module is installed on my system from the command line?

I tried to check if XML::Simple is installed in my system or not. perl -e 'while (<@INC>) { while (<$_/*.pm>) { print "$_\n"; } }' The above one-liner was used for listing all modules installed in my system. …

Read More
How is Perl's @INC constructed? (aka What are all the ways of affecting where Perl modules are searched for?)

What are all the ways of affecting where Perl modules are searched for? or, How is Perl's @INC constructed? As we know, Perl uses @INC array containing directory names to determine where to search for Perl module files. There does …

Read More
In Perl, what is the difference between a .pm (Perl module) and .pl (Perl script) file?

What is the Difference between .pm (Perl module) and .pl (Perl script) file? Please also tell me why we return 1 from file. If return 2 or anything else, it's not generating any error, so why do we return 1 from Perl module?

Read More