Doubt in installing CGI perl

[pavanponnapalli]

hi,
I have installed CGI perl following the link as under:
http://www.ricocheting .com/server/cgi.html. I have also followed another website which has given me the same steps. But the code which i wrote
in C:\AppServ\Apac he2.2\cgi-bin did not work. Could you pls tell me correct steps to install the same?

Regards,
Pavan

[minimatrix]

Hi I'd like to help you but first things first:

1) Do you know the location of your Perl exe files?
2) have you added Perl to the PATH environment variable?

if so use CMD and type: ppm

this is the 'Perl Package Management'.

from here type : install CGI

once it has installed type : quit

and then navigate to where your script is and try to run it ..

I hope this has helped!

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[KevinADC]

But the code which i wrote in C:\AppServ\Apac he2.2\cgi-bin did not work

You made a mistake, thats why it does not work.

[Icecrack]

First off what happens when you try to run your code (What error messages do you get)?

second could you post the last 5 lines of your apache log?

third could you post the code your trying to run?

[pavanponnapalli]

First off what happens when you try to run your code (What error messages do you get)?

second could you post the last 5 lines of your apache log?

third could you post the code your trying to run?

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hi thanks for your reply. firstly the error on the browser is :
1) Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguratio n and was unable to complete your request.

2) Last five lines of my log line are as under:

[Fri Nov 21 11:34:32 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (OS 3)The system cannot find the path specified.  : couldn't create child process: 720003: hello.cgi
[Fri Nov 21 11:34:32 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (OS 3)The system cannot find the path specified.  : couldn't spawn child process: C:/AppServ/www/cgi-bin/hello.cgi
[Fri Nov 21 11:34:35 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (OS 3)The system cannot find the path specified.  : couldn't create child process: 720003: hello.cgi
[Fri Nov 21 11:34:35 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (OS 3)The system cannot find the path specified.  : couldn't spawn child process: C:/AppServ/www/cgi-bin/hello.cgi
[Fri Nov 21 11:37:54 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (OS 3)The system cannot find the path specified.  : couldn't create child process: 720003: hello.cgi
[Fri Nov 21 11:37:54 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (OS 3)The system cannot find the path specified.  : couldn't spawn child process: C:/AppServ/www/cgi-bin/hello.cgi
[Fri Nov 21 11:38:05 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (OS 3)The system cannot find the path specified.  : couldn't create child process: 720003: hello.cgi
[Fri Nov 21 11:38:05 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (OS 3)The system cannot find the path specified.  : couldn't spawn child process: C:/AppServ/www/cgi-bin/hello.cgi

3) The code i was trying to run is as under:

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type:text/html\n\n";
print "hello world";

Could u please tell me why i got that error and could u please help me?

Regards,
pavan

[KevinADC]

change the shebang line to:

#!c:/perl/bin/perl.exe

or if perl is in the command path:

#!perl

[pavanponnapalli]

change the shebang line to:

#!c:/perl/bin/perl.exe

or if perl is in the command path:

#!perl

hi friend,
Thanks a lot. My perl.exe file is in D:/ and i have changed accordingly.
It has worked. Once again thank u.

cheers,
Pavan

[orbitingeden]

@KevinADC This worked for me too!