Submitted by Dan on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 12:43
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Hey Guys,
I was finally getting around to installing the Open Moco Perl UI on my 64-bit lappy and found that nmake will not run on a 64-bit machine.
Someone online said dmake should work. But I can't find any docs on how to use it? What is all this make stuff anyway? I'm totally new to Perl and totally new to nmake. I managed to install the win32::serialPort thing through the ppm (hoping it will still run on XP 64-bit pro). But that's as far as I got.
Any suggestions on this installing with this kind of setup? Or should I just give up on this machine? :(
Thanks in Advance,
Dan.
Hey Dan, Fortunately, the
Hey Dan,
Fortunately, the nmake is only needed to do an install the 'proper' way, since the perl component is a pure-perl implementation (no C, assembly, etc.).
Remember that this perl library only gives you the routines to create an easy perl script (it's an interface, not so much a -user- interface =) - you can see in the examples directory an example script. I plan to make an easy perl-based textual UI soon.
Ok, so past the fluff. What make, nmake, dmake, etc. do is perform a series of actions as specified in the makefile. This practice has been used to build software systems for a long time, and perl just inherits this build methodology from other languages.
Ok, so on to how to do it without make.
Find your perl install directory on your hard drive (by default it's C:\perl)
Inside that directory will be one called 'site', open it up, and you will find (at least) the following two directories, lib and auto.
In whatever means you wish to do, copy the 'OpenMoco' directory found inside the lib directory of the zip file, and all of its contents into the site\lib directory for perl.
Assuming you perl directory is C:\perl:
C:\downloads\Perl-OpenMoco-Interface-TimeLapse-0.02\0.02\lib> xcopy OpenMoco C:\perl\site\lib\
(Or you can use explorer to just drag-and-drop)
That's it, now you can write scripts using the library, as per the instructions.
Let me know if you need any more help!
!c
Open Moco Perl Interface Installation Problems
Hey guys,
Just thought I let you know that I finally got around to installing on my 64-bit system and all is well. Thanks again Sutterdrone! Just starting to learn perl now so I can build a basic command prompt interface. Mainly so my friend (who is great with timelapse but not so great with code) can put it through it's paces.
Can't wait to try this out with my new Lumix GH1(when I get it). I'm planning on making the purchase just as soon as they arrive in the country! exciting times.
Dan