Installing SOAP::Lite Package

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∟Installing SOAP::Lite Package

This section describes a tutorial on how to check and install the SOAP::Lite package.

Now I am ready to verify the SOAP::Lite module file in my ActivePerl installation by checking the module directory:

herong> dir \Perl64\site\lib\SOAP

File Not Found

Looks like SOAP::Lite package is not included in the ActivePerl installation. Let me try to install it using the "ppm install" command:

herong> ppm install soap-lite

Downloading ActiveState Package Repository dbimage...done
ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provides soap-lite

Looks like SOAP::Lite is no longer available in the Perl package repository. It was there before.

So I have to install SOAP::Lite using the CPAN shell:

herong> perl -MCPAN -e shell

It looks like you don't have a C compiler and make utility installed.
Trying to install dmake and the MinGW gcc compiler using the Perl Package
Manager.
This may take a a few minutes...

Downloading MinGW-4.6.3...done
Downloading dmake-4.11.20080107...done
Unpacking MinGW-4.6.3...done
Unpacking dmake-4.11.20080107...done
Generating HTML for MinGW-4.6.3...done
Generating HTML for dmake-4.11.20080107...done
Updating files in site area...done
3697 files installed

Please use the `dmake` program to run commands from a Makefile!

cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v2.18)
Enter 'h' for help.

cpan>install SOAP::Lite

...
Installing C:\Perl64\site\lib\SOAP\Transport\MAILTO.pm
Installing C:\Perl64\site\lib\SOAP\Transport\POP3.pm
Installing C:\Perl64\site\lib\SOAP\Transport\TCP.pm
Installing C:\Perl64\site\bin\SOAPsh.bat
Installing C:\Perl64\site\bin\SOAPsh.pl
Installing C:\Perl64\site\bin\stubmaker.bat
Installing C:\Perl64\site\bin\stubmaker.pl
Appending installation info to C:\Perl64\lib/perllocal.pod
  PHRED/SOAP-Lite-1.27.tar.gz
  C:\Perl64\site\bin\dmake.exe install  -- OK
  
cpan> exit
Lockfile removed.

Now, let me check the SOAP::Lite module file again:

herong> dir \Perl64\site\lib\SOAP
...
05/14/2018  04:35 PM           186,727 Lite.pm
05/14/2018  04:35 PM            11,890 Test.pm
...

herong> more \Perl64\site\lib\SOAP\lite.pm

# ======================================================================
#
# Copyright (C) 2000-2005 Paul Kulchenko (paulclinger@yahoo.com)
# SOAP::Lite is free software; you can redistribute it
# and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
#
# ======================================================================

# Formatting hint:
# Target is the source code format laid out in Perl Best Practices (4 spaces
# indent, opening brace on condition line, no cuddled else).
#
# October 2007, Martin Kutter

package SOAP::Lite;

use strict;
use warnings;

our $VERSION = '1.27'; # VERSION
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