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sevenfourk

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Registered: 2008-02-21

Posts: 185

urxvt: unable to initialize perl-interpreter, continuing without

after

urxvt -tr -tint blue -sh 40 +sb -fg Black -bg White -rv -fn "xft:Monospace:pixelsize=13"

it shows

Can't locate utf8.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/urxvt /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at /usr/lib/urxvt/urxvt.pm line 687.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/urxvt/urxvt.pm line 687.
Compilation failed in require at -e line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1.
urxvt: unable to initialize perl-interpreter, continuing without

it showed me similar message after executing some perl scripts.

i think this is a quite simple question, but i just dont know answer, pls tell what to install, or something...what should i do to solve this?

thanks

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bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: urxvt: unable to initialize perl-interpreter, continuing without

Have you tried reinstalling perl?

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sevenfourk

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Posts: 185

Re: urxvt: unable to initialize perl-interpreter, continuing without

bgc1954: just tried, the same

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bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

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Re: urxvt: unable to initialize perl-interpreter, continuing without

check which perl packages you have installed with pacman -Q and reinstall any others that are listed besides perl.  I only have perl, perl-xml-simple and perlxml and rxvt-unicode works fine for me.

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sevenfourk

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Registered: 2008-02-21

Posts: 185

Re: urxvt: unable to initialize perl-interpreter, continuing without

thanks. it seems i have no installed perlxml, maybe this is issue...

Edit:no, not solved (don't want to put emoticons)

Last edited by sevenfourk (2008-04-06 18:45:17)

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bender02

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From: UK

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 1,328

Re: urxvt: unable to initialize perl-interpreter, continuing without

Check your perl version - there has been a recent update. If you already have 5.10.0, then you need to wait until urxvt get updated/recompiled (since it apparently depends on 5.8.8 - see your error message). Or you can recompile yourself via ABS.

When there is a big update of stuff like perl, python and such, there are always some glitches, since too many packages depend on them.

khordes

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Registered: 2007-06-23

Posts: 22

Re: urxvt: unable to initialize perl-interpreter, continuing without

I can confirm that recompiling urxvt worked like a charm for me, noticed this a few days ago.  But I use the urxvt-256 from AUR, though you could just as easily do it with ABS.

sevenfourk

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Registered: 2008-02-21

Posts: 185

Re: urxvt: unable to initialize perl-interpreter, continuing without

yeah, thanks.

Edit: it solved compiling urxvt from aur

Last edited by sevenfourk (2008-04-07 14:28:35)

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