thanks Ken,

I did the command and got back that it can't locate the item. I do have perl 5.6.1 on so I wonder if it's there just not included?

I'll check the sites you list and see if i can find the items I need.

Appreciate the response... bob

On Monday, December 1, 2003 12:34 PM, Ken Hirsch <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I think that the earlier Perl distribution for MPE (Perl 5.6) came with this
>included.  Check
>perl -MCompress::Zlib -e "print 1"
>if that doesn't give any errors, you're okay.  It's not included with Perl
>5.8 though.
>
>
>
>zlib is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
>and is the same library used everywhere.  You'll need gcc to install it for
>Perl.
>
>For Perl modules, you'll always want to go to http://search.cpan.org
>Specifically, you want
>http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/Compress-Zlib-1.32/
>and probably
>http://search.cpan.org/~nedkonz/Archive-Zip-1.09/
>
>For general hints about install Perl modules on MPE see
>http://invent3k.external.hp.com/~KEN.HIRSCH/perlinst.html
>and
>http://invent3k.external.hp.com/~KEN.HIRSCH/cpan.html
>
>
>For gcc and other GNU tools, see
>http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Bob McGregor" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 1:52 PM
>Subject: [HP3000-L] installing add-on libraries to Perl
>
>
>Hi,
>
>Can someone point me to where I download the zlib library and perl zlib
>module for Perl for the 3000 and then how I add them so Perl
>can use them?
>
>Is there a difference in these library routines for the 3000
>and other OS's?
>
>thanks, bob
>
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