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I've just installed Strawberry Perl on a new computer, and installed XML::LibXML through cpan (I think it was already installed). When I try to run a script calling LibXML, I get the following error message:

Can't load 'C:\Strawberry\perl\vendor\lib/auto/XML/LibXML/LibXML.xs.dll' for module XML::LibXML: load_file:The specified path is invalid at C:/strawberry/perl/lib/DynaLoader.pm line 193. at C:\Strawberry\perl\vendor\lib/XML/LibXML.pm line 156. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\Strawberry\perl\vendor\lib/XML/LibXML.pm line 156.

This is similar to this Stack Overflow question, but the error is slightly different, and I've tried all the advice given in that post but still get the message.

  • LibXML.xs.dll is in the path given above
  • C:\strawberry\c\bin is in the path
  • I've created the perl5lib system variable, and set it to C:\Strawberry\perl\vendor\lib (C:\Strawberry\perl\site\lib was empty)
  • libxml2-2___.dll is in c:\strawberry\c\bin

Any other suggestions?

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  • Did you use the Strawberry CPAN client and do you have the output of the compile? – weismat Apr 22 '16 at 12:36
  • Yes, I used the Strawberry CPAN client - by 'output of the compile', do you mean what is sent to the command line, or is an output stored in a file somewhere? – Dom Glennon Apr 22 '16 at 12:56
  • He's referring to the output the command sent to the console. – ikegami Apr 22 '16 at 12:57
  • Thanks - then I didn't record it, no. If I try to install it again, I just get the message that it's up to date (2.0124). – Dom Glennon Apr 22 '16 at 13:03
  • @DomGlennon There should be a build log, something like `C:\strawberry\cpan\build\XML-LibXML-2.0124` – ThisSuitIsBlackNot Apr 22 '16 at 15:36
  • I've uninstalled Strawberry and reinstalled, but I get the same result. This is what I get from CPAN when installing LibXML:`Fetching with LWP: http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz Fetching with LWP: http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz Fetching with LWP: http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/modules/03modlist.data.gz Creating database file ... Done! XML::LibXML is up to date (2.0124).` – Dom Glennon Apr 22 '16 at 16:42
  • There is a build folder, but it's empty. – Dom Glennon Apr 22 '16 at 16:44
  • An update to this: I've discovered that I can run scripts using LibXML from the hard drive, but not on the network. I don't know if that sheds any more light on what the problem might be? – Dom Glennon May 05 '16 at 14:54

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