Hi. BUU wanted a ppm version of Tk-PNG-2.005, so I went downloaded it, downloaded and compiled zlib and libpng, and did like the readme suggests, so I do like

E:\dev\new\Tk-PNG-2.005>perl Makefile.PL -I./zlib -I./libpng -L./zlib 
+-L./libpng
E:/dev/new/Tk-PNG-2.005 does not start with C:/Perl/site/lib
i.e. building outside Tk itself
Note (probably harmless): No library found for '-lpng'
Note (probably harmless): No library found for '-lz'
Finding dependancies for PNG.xs
Finding dependancies for imgPNG.c
Cannot find 'png.h' assume made
Writing Makefile for Tk::PNG

E:\dev\new\Tk-PNG-2.005>nmake

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 6.00.8168.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

NMAKE : fatal error U1073: don't know how to make 'png.h'
Stop.
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I crack the makefile open, and search for png.h, and find

imgPNG$(OBJ_EXT) : imgPNG.c C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/Lang.h \
 C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/Lang.m C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/Lang.t \
 C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/LangIO.h C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/Lang_f.h \
 C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/Xlib.h C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/Xlib.m \
 C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/Xlib.t C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/Xlib_f.h \
 C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/img.h C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/imgInt.h \
 C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/imgInt.m C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/imgInt.t \
 C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/imgInt_f.h C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tk.h \
 C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tk.m C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tk.t \
 C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tkConfig.h C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tkEvent.h 
+\
 C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tkEvent.m C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tkEvent.t \
 C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tkEvent_f.h C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tkInt.h \
 C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tkInt.m C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tkInt.t \
 C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tkInt_f.h C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tkPort.h \
 C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tkVMacro.h C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tkWinPort.
+h \
 C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tk_f.h png.h
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I change C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tk_f.h png.h to C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/pTk/tk_f.h libpng/png.h
That don't help much so I crack open imgPNG.c and find

#ifdef MAC_TCL
#include "libpng:png.h"
#else
#ifdef HAVE_IMG_H
#   include <png.h>
#else
#   include "png.h"
#endif
#endif
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SO I change the include "png.h" to include "libpng/png.h" and proceed from there.

And I get

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 6.00.8168.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

        cl -c -IC:/Perl/site/lib/Tk -I/usr/local/include -IC:/Perl/sit
+e/lib/Tk/pTk/mTk/xlib -nologo
-O1 -MD -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DPE
+RL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMP
LICIT_SYS -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -O1 -MD -DNDEBUG    -DVERSION=\"2.005\
+"  -DXS_VERSION=\"800.023\"  -
IC:\Perl\lib\CORE   imgPNG.c
imgPNG.c
libpng/png.h(324) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'zlib
+.h': No such file or directory

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cl' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

E:\dev\new\Tk-PNG-2.005>nmake

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 6.00.8168.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

        cl -c -IC:/Perl/site/lib/Tk -I/usr/local/include -IC:/Perl/sit
+e/lib/Tk/pTk/mTk/xlib -nologo
-O1 -MD -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DPE
+RL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMP
LICIT_SYS -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -O1 -MD -DNDEBUG    -DVERSION=\"2.005\
+"  -DXS_VERSION=\"800.023\"  -
IC:\Perl\lib\CORE   imgPNG.c
imgPNG.c
imgPNG.c(472) : warning C4550: expression evaluates to a function whic
+h is missing an argument list
imgPNG.c(661) : warning C4550: expression evaluates to a function whic
+h is missing an argument list
"Running Mkbootstrap for Tk::PNG ()"
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -IC:\Perl\lib -IC:\Perl\lib -MExtUtils::C
+ommand -e chmod 644 PNG.bs
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe "-IC:\Perl\lib" "-IC:\Perl\lib" -MExtUtil
+s::Mksymlists  -e "Mksymlists(
'NAME' => 'Tk::PNG', 'DLBASE' => 'PNG', 'DL_FUNCS' => {  }, 'FUNCLIST'
+ => [], 'IMPORTS' => {  }, 'DL
_VARS' => []);"
        link -out:blib\arch\auto\Tk\PNG\PNG.dll -dll -nologo -nodefaul
+tlib -release  -libpath:"C:/Pe
rl\lib\CORE"  -machine:x86 PNG.obj  imgPNG.obj   C:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl
+56.lib "C:\Program Files\Micro
soft Visual Studio\VC98\lib\oldnames.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft 
+Visual Studio\VC98\lib\kernel3
2.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\lib\user32.lib" 
+"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Vi
sual Studio\VC98\lib\gdi32.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Stu
+dio\VC98\lib\winspool.lib" "C:
\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\lib\comdlg32.lib" "C:\Prog
+ram Files\Microsoft Visual Stu
dio\VC98\lib\advapi32.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\V
+C98\lib\shell32.lib" "C:\Progr
am Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\lib\ole32.lib" "C:\Program Files
+\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\
lib\oleaut32.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\lib\n
+etapi32.lib" "C:\Program Files
\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\lib\uuid.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsof
+t Visual Studio\VC98\lib\wsock
32.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\lib\mpr.lib" "C
+:\Program Files\Microsoft Visu
al Studio\VC98\lib\winmm.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studi
+o\VC98\lib\version.lib" "C:\Pr
ogram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\lib\odbc32.lib" "C:\Program F
+iles\Microsoft Visual Studio\V
C98\lib\odbccp32.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\l
+ib\msvcrt.lib" -def:PNG.def
   Creating library blib\arch\auto\Tk\PNG\PNG.lib and object blib\arch
+\auto\Tk\PNG\PNG.exp
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_set_read_f
+n
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_create_rea
+d_struct
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_get_error_
+ptr
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_error
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_get_progre
+ssive_ptr
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_read_image
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_set_gamma
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_get_gAMA
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_set_sRGB
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_get_sRGB
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_get_valid
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_get_rowbyt
+es
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_get_channe
+ls
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_read_updat
+e_info
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_set_expand
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_set_strip_
+16
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_get_IHDR
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_read_info
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_destroy_re
+ad_struct
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_create_inf
+o_struct
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_init_io
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_destroy_wr
+ite_struct
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_create_wri
+te_struct
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_set_write_
+fn
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_write_end
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_write_row
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_set_interl
+ace_handling
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_write_info
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_set_text
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_set_gAMA
imgPNG.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _png_set_IHDR
blib\arch\auto\Tk\PNG\PNG.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 31 unresolved ext
+ernals
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'link' : return code '0x460'
Stop.
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What the heck am I doing? Do I have uncompatible versions of libpng and zlib? This is outside of my scope of knowledge.

 

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