Is it possible to write a META6.json file that prints a message that the operating system is not supported and does not try to install the module if the operating system is Windows?

I'd like to try some things with raku and cro but can't install it with: zef install cro I'm getting an error when it tries to install the module YAMLish. Running the installation with --debug giv...

I just installed rakudoc with zef. But it doesn't seem to find any doc. $ rakudoc --version /home/user/.raku/bin/rakudoc :auth<zef:coke>:api<1>:ver<0.2.6> $ rakudoc -b $ rakudoc M...

I recently filed an issue here about zef downloading a stale version of a module, NativeHelpers::Callback which was failing when I tried to install it with zef install NativeHelpers::Callback. I ha...

I'm trying to install Raku on a Debian 11 x64. I never installed it before (perl5 too) It's a server with some Perl5 scripts, and I want to "use" it in Raku with the Inline::Perl5 (also I...

Recently I've been trying to learn the Raku language, and I tried to make a simple Snake Game. The code starts with this : use SDL2::Raw; use Cairo; But when I compile using rakudo raku.raku, I ge...

It's been a while since I last updated one of my modules in the Raku ecosystem. Do I need to update a central registry file/repo or will the update be automatically detected?

I am wondering what steps, (such as shebang lines and wrapper scripts) are recommended when creating a CLI application in Raku. I am interested in info both for scripts that will be installed with ...

I'm using zef to install the Twitter module with zef install Twitter I'm getting the following error: Enabled fetching backends [git path curl wget] don't understand git://github.com/raku-community...

I am trying to install the Raku module «Gnome::Gtk3» module on a Windows pc, without success. Powershell> zef install Gnome::Gtk3 This fails with a lot of "Cannot locate native library&quo...

I have a regex that parses a string that should be a fully qualified module name for Raku (see below). Since only the auth, ver, and api versions seem to be used in the Precomp modules, I only test...

I have this module which needs a specific file to work. You can pass the path of the file you want to use or not. If you don't, then a default file is taken. That default file is located at the res...

I'd like to be able to view and make changes to the source code of installed (via zef) perl6 modules. How can I do that? On my system, the module sources are under ~/.perl6/sources/ and there's al...

I am using this docker container to build exercism.io exercises with Travis. My .travis.yml is below: language: - minimal services: - docker install: - docker pull jjmerelo/test-perl6 script...

when I install Cro::HTTP::Client zef install Cro::HTTP::Client It failed with Could not find Crypt::Random::Extra, does this relate to cache? ===> Searching for: Cro::HTTP::Client ===> Te...

I'm making a perl6 package which contains some c source files that will be compiled into a dynamic link library. I found that the name of the library, such as libperl.so, will be changed into somet...

I've installed Time::Duration and it failed most of its tests. I want to be able to rebuild the module - with my edits - from the locally stored module. I edited the file that contains the module ...

zef has a --deps-only flag for the install subcommand to install only the dependencies of a modules. zef install --deps-only . This installs all the modules referenced in the depends object in M...

Lately, installing LWP::Simple requires the prior installation of IO::Socket::SSL, as is shown in this Travis log. However, there does not seem to be a way of forcing zef to install them in that pa...

I have a module App::Assixt, to which I've recently made a relatively large change. I've of course tested it on my local system, but would like to give it some field testing before calling it a "st...

For example, I've installed the Cro module, when I run my simple code: my %headers = {Authorization => OAuth realm="", oauth_consumer_key="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", oauth_nonce="29515362", oauth_sign...

Either I've missed it or there's no clear information about that topic. Where should I look for Perl 6 libraries? CPAN.org? Or only http://modules.perl6.org? When I've chosen one, how can I add ...