Re^3: Parsing an email

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Re^4: Parsing an email by kcott (Archbishop) on Jan 10, 2022 at 01:51 UTC
As I indicated earlier, "I haven't used it myself". I installed it using the built-in `cpan` utility; but very slightly differently to you: `$ cpan cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v2.29) Enter 'h' for help. cpan[1]> install Courriel ...` [download] I don't believe that should make any difference. The output included: Installing /home/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.34.0/man/man3/Courrie +l.3pm Installing /home/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.34.0/man/man3/Courrie +l.Builder.3pm Installing /home/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.34.0/man/man3/Courrie +l.Header.3pm Installing /home/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.34.0/man/man3/Courrie +l.Header.ContentType.3pm Installing /home/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.34.0/man/man3/Courrie +l.Header.Disposition.3pm Installing /home/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.34.0/man/man3/Courrie +l.HeaderAttribute.3pm Installing /home/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.34.0/man/man3/Courrie +l.Headers.3pm Installing /home/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.34.0/man/man3/Courrie +l.Part.Multipart.3pm Installing /home/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.34.0/man/man3/Courrie +l.Part.Single.3pm Installing /home/ken/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.34.0/man/man3/Email.A +bstract.Courriel.3pm [download] I successfully checked that I could load the module: `$ perl -e 'use Courriel'` [download] I then tried `perldoc Courriel`: `NAME Courriel - High level email parsing and manipulation VERSION version 0.49 SYNOPSIS ...` [download] I also tried `man Courriel`. This was similarly successful. I've no idea why `perldoc` reported '`No documentation found for "Courriel".`' for you. Does `perldoc` display documentation for other modules you've installed with `cpan`? Do you have any better success with `man Courriel`? "I've downloaded the tar.gz for it and I've pawed through it and I can't see anything that looks like a .pod or .1 file in it.. so I dunno what to do next." The POD is included with the `.pm` file. If you view the source, you'll see near the end: "`316 lines of Pod`". As a workaround, you could try: `$ perl -e 'use Courriel; system perldoc => $INC{"Courriel.pm"}'` [download] — Ken	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Parsing an email by Fletch (Bishop) on Jan 10, 2022 at 01:57 UTC
Not sure but you might check that you actually installed the module. This needs a C library and the File::LibMagic module on top of that and when I tried installing ~~and~~ I had to force the install because that prerequisite module's tests failed (OS X, perl 5.34.0; so not necessarily the same as your problem since you look to be on windows). That being said as soon as I'd forced the prerequisite and got Courriel itself to install a `perldoc Courriel` worked fine (the documentation is embedded in the module's `.pm` source). You also can follow that link to CPAN and read the documentation online there. Edit: Just to clarify: I did a `brew install libmagic` and got the C library, but even after doing that I got errors from File::LibMagic's tests when it went to install and I had to `cpanm --force File::LibMagic`. I haven't tried to use either it or Courriel past doing `perldoc Courriel` so I have no clue if I've got a huge basket of broked or not. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Parsing an email by BernieC (Pilgrim) on Jan 10, 2022 at 19:26 UTC
That seems to be it. I didn't watch the install carefully enought {sigh} and it tells me: `This module requires the libmagic.so library and magic.h header. See INSTALL.md for more details on installing these.` [download] I expect/hope after i get that fixed it'll install properly	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Parsing an email by BernieC (Pilgrim) on Jan 10, 2022 at 19:53 UTC
OK. I've pawed through the distro and, as warned, I've run headlong into `Installing File-LibMagic Installing File-LibMagic requires that you have the libmagic.so libr +ary and the magic.h header file installed.` [download] But it doesn't say HOW. I did a web search and I was only able to find libmagic.so for various Unix versions. Nothing for windows. and some more poking around {since I didn't know what a .so file is} tells me `What is a SO file? An SO file is a shared library used by programs ins +talled on the Linux and Android operating systems. It contains common + program functions and logic that multiple programs require access to +.` [download] I'm guessing that that likely means you can't run Corriel on Windows. sigh... I'll give Mail::Box another look.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: Parsing an email by swl (Parson) on Jan 11, 2022 at 05:12 UTC
This might be useful, although the instruction to drop files into `C:\Windows\System32` is not something I would follow. https://github.com/hey-red/Mime/issues/9 Update: Although there is an Alien package Alien::LibMagic which will get you the DLL to link against when compiling File::LibMagic. Update 2: ...although compilation of libmagic needs libgnurx so the Alien does not work on my Windows machine. One could develop an Alien::libgnurx but I suspect that would simply be the start of a journey down a rabbit hole of dependencies...	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: Parsing an email by Fletch (Bishop) on Jan 10, 2022 at 20:09 UTC
Ew. Yeah no clue, don't really do windows (especially not building stuff there; if I do I use cygwin which is back to *NIX-y stuff). Did find https://github.com/nscaife/file-windows which looks to maybe be a port of the library that has a DLL version (which would be what you'd need on wintendo rather than an shared object ".so" file) but . . . /shrug So yeah Mail::Box may be the simpler route at this point if it installs cleaner for you. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply]


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