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Distributing PerlRt.dll with your PerlNet component

Posted by troyt on 2006-07-06 11:42
OS: Windows | Product: Perl Dev Kit | tags: perlnet perlrt.dll
Question: 

What do I need to deploy with my PerlNET component?

Answer: 

PerlNET components built with the --freestanding option are not completely freestanding; you also need to deploy perl56.dll (or perl58.dll), perlnh.dll and perlrt.dll.

PerlNH60.dll can be found in the PDK bin directory (usually C:\Perl\bin directory or C:\Program Files\ActiveState Perl Dev Kit 6.0\bin.

PerlRT60.dll is more difficult to find because it is moved to the .NET Global Assembly Cache during installation of the PDK. Copy it out of the GAC by opening a DOS prompt and changing to the PerlRT60 directory:

  c:\> cd c:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC\PerlRT60\

This directory should contain only one subfolder. Use 'dir' to find the name. For example:

  6.0.2.6772__cea8284aa6739163

Copy the .dll from this folder like this:

  C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC\PerlRT>copy 6.0.2.6772__cea8284aa6739163\perlrt60.dll
  c:\tmp

Note: On Windows 2000 and NT systems, the WINDOWS directory will be called WINNT. With previous versions of the PDK, the DLL filenames do not contain a version numbers (i.e. PerlRT.dll and PerlNH.dll)