Active Perl: Please Help

[prl]

Hi, Ray.

At some point in the installation of ActivePerl it asks if you want Perl 
added to your PATH variable. I can't check the exact wording, because 
I'm running OS X, not Windows on my Mac at the moment.

You can check whether it has by starting a command shell (type cmd, then 
<ENTER> into the small text box at the bottom of the Start menu (on Win 
XP or Win7, not sure how on Win8). Then in the Cmmand window type
echo %PATH%
at the command prompt. Does the printed path include folder names like 
C:\Perl\bin or C\Perl\site\bin? Again I can't give you the exact names, 
but it should be obvious whether they're there or not.

If they're not, you can either add them yourself, or if you're not sure 
exactly what should be in there, uninstall Active Perl (in Control 
Panel>Software>Uninstall software) and then re-install it, making sure 
that the tick box about adding Perl to your PATH variable is ticked (It 
should be by default).

Cheers,
Peter

On 6/01/2014 14:39, Ray Charles wrote:
>      Hi. I am trying to follow the 3 step installation instructions in the
> GNUCash manual For Windows.
>
> 1) Close GNUCash
> 2) Install Active Perl
> 3) Run On-line Price Retrieval for in the GNUCash Start Menu
>
> When I get to step 3 I keep getting the message below
>
> * Check Perl
>
> 'perl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> 'perl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
>
> Did not find a usable perl.
> Please install ActivePerl 5.8, or above (
> http://www.activestate.com/store/active
> perl)
> and add the bin directory to your Path environment variable.
>
> An error occurred, see above.
>
> Press any key to continue . . .
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