DanielSpaniel has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I recently asked a question here, which was very adeptly responded to, and which makes use of the module XML::Atom::Feed.

I got the code working easily enough on my Linux machine, but cannot seem to find any repository which has a port of it for Windows. My repositories include those at activestate.com; trouchelle.com; and bribes.org (via command line); none of which list it. My old favorite of uwinnipeg.ca seems to be defunct these days.

Would anyone know of anywhere else I might be able to obtain it, or how I might download from CPAN and compile for Windows?

Many thanks!

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Re: XML::Atom::Feed for Win32
by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 21, 2013 at 17:00 UTC

    From the command prompt:

    cpan XML::Atom::Feed

    Installs with zero issues, Strawberry Perl 5.16, Windows 7 64bit.

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Re: XML::Atom::Feed for Win32
by VinsWorldcom (Prior) on Mar 21, 2013 at 18:48 UTC

    Maybe because the package is actually XML::Atom and XML::Atom::Feed is a "sub module"?

    When I search http://ppm.activestate.com (which I assume you're using Activestate based on the repositories), for XML::Atom::Feed, I get nothing: http://code.activestate.com/ppm/search:XML-Atom-Feed/.

    However, when I search for XML::Atom, I get the hit which seems to be the same (based on version) as CPAN: http://code.activestate.com/ppm/search:XML-Atom/

    The cpan client is less finicky and although I haven't tried it, I venture a guess it would work for me as I have the same setup as marto describes in his reply above. And I've seen posts in the Monastery saying Activestate has a CPAN client, so even if you're not on Strawberry, his command should work.

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      Correct, ActiveState has shipped with cpan for years. You may have to install a c compiler and build tools via ppm MinGW. YMMV though, they don't provide a 64bit build.
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