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yoram · Joined: 17 Oct 2005 Posts: 12

I need to load parport driver for my software to use the parallel port.
It seems that perl is not activated on my puppy linux and I cannot load the parport perl module - Device::ParallelPort::drv::parport

Any one can help?

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edr4d · Joined: 06 Jan 2006 Posts: 61

Perl, I believe, is included in the user_devx.sfs file. Place it in the same dir as your pup file and you ought to be able to use Perl. At least in theory -- I've not tried it, but it's on my 'to do' list. If that doesn't work then maybe download Perl source and compile it yourself?

MU · Posted: Fri 10 Feb 2006, 22:23 Post subject:

Yes, usr_dev.sfs is best,as perl is huge.
However there is a Dotpup, too:
http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=4193

I don't know if the parport is included, but the message also describes howto install modules via CPAN.
Mark