Building wxPerl with ActivePerl
This detail is for anyone interested in how the PPMs are built for this repository. You do not need this information to use the PPMs. If all you wish to do is install wxPerl using PPMs, use the PPM link on the navigation bar above.
Once you have checked through the Prerequisites detail below, platform specific detail is at:
Prerequisites
For MS Windows with an appropriate compiler and for Linux, you will probably have success installing Wx from the cpan shell.
The build information here is specific to ActivePerl and not using the cpan shell. It makes sense to install the prerequisites for building Alien-wxWidgets and Wx using PPMs and the Perl Package Manager.
You can always check the source Makefile.PL or META.yml for prerequisites, but at the time of writing to build Alien::wxWidgets and Wx you will require
Data::Dumper
ExtUtils::CBuilder
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
ExtUtils::ParseXS
ExtUtils::XSpp
File::Spec::Functions
if
Module::Build
Module::Pluggable
Test::Harness
Test::More
You should install or upgrade to the latest versions available via PPM.
Building a portable Wx as used in the PPM's requires some specific actions so detailed build information is provided on a per - platform basis:
