Installing GiP on XP
MacFH - C E Macfarlane
c.e.macfarlane at macfh.co.uk
Sun Dec 31 13:54:41 PST 2017
Addendum:
For the latest versions of GiP & GFV, you may wish to add the
following to the cpan command in stage 4:
Mojolicious
LWP::Protocol::socks
Tie::IxHash
On 27/12/2017 12:57, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote:
> It has been said in these august journals that it is not possible to
> run the most recent editions of GiP on Windows XP, but actually this
> is not true, I have managed to get v3.07 to work on XP. It has just
> finished downloading the first of this year's Royal Christmas
> Lectures. For those interested, I explain how I accomplished this
> below, everyone else can safely ignore ...
>
> The instructions that follow assume that the Strawberry Perl supplied
> with GiP no longer supports XP, but if this is incorrect, the
> following can be simplified. They also supply some extra modules for
> GetFlashVideos and the W3C web page validator, although, as I write,
> GFV is not working, probably because of the recent necessity of
> signing in, and a critical module for the latter is missing as I have
> been unable to find anyone that has installed it successfully on any
> Windows system. If this seems illogical, the logic is simply that I
> use a single list of Perl modules I need to install for both Linux and
> Windows systems!
>
> 1) If you don't already have GiP and its associated helper programs
> such as FFMPEG and AtomicParsley installed, begin by installing the
> latest version.
>
> 2) Remove all previous versions of Perl, including any version of
> Strawberry Perl installed in Step 1 by going into Control Panel, Add &
> Remove Programs, and uninstalling them. If either of the following or
> similar directories remain, delete them manually in Explorer:
> C:\Perl
> C:\Program Files\Perl
>
> 3) Install the last or nearly so version of Active Perl that will
> run on XP, I used ...
> ActivePerl-5.20.2.2002-MSWin32-x86-64int-299195.msi
> ... which I downloaded a while ago, but could no longer find on the
> Active Perl site when I checked for this documentation. I can make it
> available on request.
>
> IMPORTANT #1: Perl should be installed into a directory without
> spaces in its path, so NOT ...
> C:\Program Files\Perl
> ... but alternative suggestions are ...
> C:\Perl (the default)
> ... or if you prefer to keep your root directory clean ...
> C:\Programs\Perl
> ... which is where I installed it, having alrady installed GiP to ...
> C:\Programs\GetIPlayer
>
> IMPORTANT #2: Perl should be added to the system path, so choose
> this option during the setup routine. If you also have MinGW32
> installed, ensure that the Perl directories precede the MinGW32
> directories in the path. To check this, open a command console and
> give the command ...
> perl --version
> ... which should give you the same version number that you've just
> installed.
>
> 4) Install the necessary modules which, including the extras
> described above, are ...
> Authen::SASL
> Compress::Zlib
> Crypt::Rijndael
> Data::AMF
> LWP
> Module::Find
> MP3::Info
> MP3::Tag
> Net::SMTP::SSL
> Net::SMTP::TLS
> Net::SMTP::TLS::ButMaintained
> Term::ProgressBar
> WWW::Mechanize
> XML::Simple
> ... but besides themselves some involve installing other prerequisite
> dependencies, and you can just about guarantee that the following
> three required modules will cause problems ...
> Data::AMF
> Encode::JIS2K
> XML::LibXML
> ... but never mind them for the moment. Fire away by going into a
> command prompt with Perl on the path and running the following
> command, which should be entered as a single command line without any
> embedded carriage returns:
> cpan CPAN Authen::SASL Compress::Zlib Crypt::Rijndael LWP
> Module::Find MP3::Info MP3::Tag Net::SMTP::SSL Net::SMTP::TLS
> Net::SMTP::TLS::ButMaintained Term::ProgressBar WWW::Mechanize
> XML::Simple Data::AMF
>
> If you do not already have a developement system installed, the above
> installations will automatically be preceded by running a MinGW +
> DMake installation. Some time will pass, with stuff scrolling past,
> mostly in green and white, but the modules that error will produce
> some red; ignore these for the moment and let the entire command
> complete, errors or no. Then we can deal with the problems, one by one.
>
> 5) Data::AMF is the easiest, as it only errors in the test phase,
> so give the command ...
> cpan -T Data::AMF
> ... to install it without running the test phase.
>
> 6) Next easiest is Encode::JIS2K, which needs an edit to its Perl
> make file, but, to see the wood for the trees, clear away the previous
> installation files, both those that succeeded and those that failed,
> by in Explorer deleting all the files and subdirectories, but leaving
> the 'build' folder itself, from ...
> <path>\Perl\cpan\build
> ... so in my example ...
> C:\Programs\Perl\cpan\build
>
> Now run ...
> cpan Encode::JIS2K
> ... which will fail, but will have created a new subfolder of the
> above 'build' directory. Give the command
> pushd <above new subfolder>
> ... to change to this new subfolder, and then ...
> notepad Makefile.PL
> ... overwriting line 35 to read ...
> $enc2xs = $enc2xs_fpath if (-x $enc2xs_fpath || -x
> "$enc2xs_fpath.bat");
> ... saving the change, and exiting. Now give the commands ...
> perl Makefile.PL
> dmake
> dmake test
> dmake install
> popd
> ... all of which should run correctly, leaving you back in your
> original directory, wherever that was. You can now delete the above
> new build subfolder, as it is no longer needed.
>
> XML::LibXML is far more tricky, but nevertheless can be done; hold on
> tight and follow me. There are four main difficulties:
>
> :-( Before trying to install it via cpan in the normal way,
> there are some supporting programs that must be installed. These are
> available from (note that despite the parent folder being called
> '64bit', this link has BOTH 32-bit x86 and 64-bit x86_64 files in the
> same folder, choose the appropriate set for your version of XP) ...
> 1) Either 32-bit ...
> ftp://ftp.zlatkovic.com/libxml/64bit/iconv-1.14-win32-x86.7z
> ftp://ftp.zlatkovic.com/libxml/64bit/libxml2-2.9.3-win32-x86.7z
> ftp://ftp.zlatkovic.com/libxml/64bit/zlib-1.2.8-win32-x86.7z
> Or 64-bit ...
> ftp://ftp.zlatkovic.com/libxml/64bit/iconv-1.14-win32-x86_64.7z
> ftp://ftp.zlatkovic.com/libxml/64bit/libxml2-2.9.3-win32-x86_64.7z
> ftp://ftp.zlatkovic.com/libxml/64bit/zlib-1.2.8-win32-x86_64.7z
> 2) Either 32 bit ...
> http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/dependencies/gettext-0.18.1.1.tar.gz
>
> Or 64-bit ...
> http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win64/dependencies/gettext-tools-dev_0.18.1.1-2_win64.zip
>
>
> All the contents of these zips should be extracted preserving
> their sub-directory structure to the following folder ...
> <path>\Perl\site
> ... so in my example ...
> C:\Programs\Perl\site
> ... so you should end up with at least ...
> <path>\Perl\site\bin
> <path>\Perl\site\include
> <path>\Perl\site\lib
> ... containing, as well as many files that were there before, the
> contents of the above zips.
>
> :-( Once these prerequisite have been installed, the are three
> further 'tweaks' required, two at this stage, one later.
> Tweak #1: Rename libz.a to zlib.a
> REN <path>\Perl\site\lib\libz.a zlib.a
> Tweak #2: Under <path>\Perl\site\include, move the libxml
> folder up one level:
> MOVE <path>\Perl\site\include\libxml2\libxml
> <path>\Perl\site\include
> RD <path>\Perl\site\include\libxml2
>
> Now we can try building XML::LibXML in the normal way, but it will
> still fail the first two times:
> cpan XML::LibXML
> Once it fails for the first time, as before change to the newly
> created sub-folder of <path>\Perl\cpan\build, and then give a more
> informative first build command, remembering to change <path> to your
> Perl installation directory ...
> pushd <above new subfolder>
> perl Makefile.PL INC=-I<path>\Perl\site\include
> LIBS=-L<path>\Perl\site\lib
> ... but it still fails a second time at the end. Next it's time for ...
> :-(
> Tweak #3: Neuter the static libXML library by renaming it:
> REN <path>\Perl\site\lib\libxml2.a libxml2.a.not
>
> Now the build process should complete manually succesfully ...
> perl Makefile.PL INC=-I<path>\Perl\site\include
> LIBS=-L<path>\Perl\site\lib
> dmake
> dmake test
> dmake install
> popd
> ... again leaving you back in your original directory, wherever that
> was. You can now delete the above new build subfolder, as it is no
> longer needed.
>
> As a final check, resubmitting the original mega cpan installation
> command from section 4) should quickly give a list of all the
> prerequisites with 'is up to date' alongside each.
>
> Now, as long as <path>\Perl and <path>\Perl\site\bin are on your
> system path, you should be good to go.
>
> I acknowledge the following sources for help with the above:
> Encode::JIS2K https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=110069
> XML::LibXML
> https://www.opswat.com/blog/installing-libxml-perl-module-microsoft-windows
>
> HTH,
> Regards.
>
>
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