Error opening new install of gnucash

[Kurt Buff]

Well, it seems to have worked, in spite of the output below. Many thanks
for that. I'm sure I'll have some further questions, once I've started the
ball rolling.

Kurt

---------Begin "Install Online Price Retrieval"----------
* Check Perl


  No Perl executable found, attempt to install Strawberry Perl
  This may take a while depending on your network speed

* Download Strawberry Perl package

   copying
https://strawberry-perl.googlecode.com/files/strawberry-perl-5.18.1.1-32bit.msi
   to C:\Users\kurt\AppData\Local\Temp\Perl.msi

   C:\Users\kurt\AppData\Local\Temp\Perl.msi downloaded OK


* Run automated Perl install


* Update PATH variable to include Perl

NewPath = ***elided***

* Check Perl version


* Determine which Perl flavour we have found

Can't locate loadable object for module Win32 in @INC (@INC contains:
C:/Program
 Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/miktex/lib .) at -e line 1
Compilation failed in require at -e line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1.

An error occurred, see above.

Press any key to continue . . .
---------End "Install Online Price Retrieval"----------




On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 8:42 AM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

>
> On Apr 7, 2014, at 7:47 AM, Kurt Buff <kurt.buff at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Running Win7 64bit.
> >
> > Just download and installed 2.6.4 and am getting an error for which I
> can't
> > track down a solution.
> >
> > The error is:
> > "The program can't start because libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll is missing from your
> > computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."
> >
> > Per the wiki, I've tried starting it as Administrator, but that doesn't
> > clear the problem, nor does reinstallation.
> >
> > Does anyone have a clue for me?
> >
>
> Well, we’re not planning to release 2.6.4 until September, so let’s
> suppose you mean 2.6.3.
>
> It’s correct that that dll isn’t in the bundle and it probably should be.
> I see on my system that it’s included with Strawberry Perl, which suggests
> a workaround: Run “Install Online Price Retrieval”, which will install
> Strawberry Perl if you don’t have ActivePerl (a.k.a. Active State Perl)
> installed.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>