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

Hi, I want to install dmake on my windows XP machine manually so how should I do it, as there is no .exe file for that. I can't do it from cpan that's why I want to do it manually plz help asap.

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Re: dmake installation
by marto (Cardinal) on Jun 21, 2013 at 12:49 UTC

    If you're using ActiveState Perl:

    ppm install dmake

    [download]

    Note the architecture differences and version availability. I think cpan should try to install this for you if it can't be found. What problems are you having? Strawberry Perl has this as standard.

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      Note the architecture differences and version availability

      For me, the dmake-4.12 that's available from SHAY's cpan directory works fine with both 32-bit and 64-bit perls (from perl-5.6.0 onwards, at least).

      Admittedly, as regards 64-bit perls, I haven't tested this dmake with pre-5.10.0 perl.

      Cheers,
      Rob
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        I was illustrating the point that AS don't make it available for certain versions of Perl on 64Bit via PPM, rather than suggesting that it wouldn't work if manually installed via cpan (by manual or automated means). I seem to reall that a first run of cpan detects the lack of dmake/MinGW and attempts to download and install them.

        I'm keen to understand why OP can't install from cpan. If they're working "offline" then my suggestion won't be of much help. This is why I travel with Strawberry Perl and a minicpan mirror on my phone :)

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Re: dmake installation
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jun 21, 2013 at 12:53 UTC
    I can't do it from cpan

    Can't you just manually download it from CPAN and unzip it ?

    Cheers,
    Rob
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      I did unzipping it but I don't where to paste the files... :(
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        It tells you in the README.TXT file. Read these instructions.

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