moez507 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am having the following problem installing Math::Pari: 

C:\Users\Moez1>cpanm Math::Pari --prompt
Set up gcc environment - gcc.exe (rubenvb-4.5.4) 4.5.4
--> Working on Math::Pari
Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/I/IL/ILYAZ/modules/Math-Pari-2
+.01080605.tar.gz ... OK
Configuring Math-Pari-2.01080605 ... OK
Building and testing Math-Pari-2.01080605 ... Building Math-Pari-2.010
+80605 failed.
You can s)kip, r)etry, e)xamine build log, or l)ook ? [s] e
FAIL
! You don't seem to have a PAGER :/
Building Math-Pari-2.01080605 failed.
You can s)kip, r)etry, e)xamine build log, or l)ook ? [s] l
Entering C:/.cpanm/work/1375113149.2244/Math-Pari-2.01080605 with C:\W
+indows\system32\cmd.exe
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

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Here is some environment information: 

C:\.cpanm\work\1375113149.2244\Math-Pari-2.01080605>perl -v

This is perl 5, version 16, subversion 2 (v5.16.2) built for MSWin32-x
+64-multi-thread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2012, Larry Wall

Binary build 1602 [296513] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveSt
+ate.com
Built Dec 19 2012 00:07:06

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
+ or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source ki
+t.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found 
+on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to
+ the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Pa
+ge.

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Could someone please help me with it ?

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Re: installing Math::Pari on Windows
by salva (Canon) on Jul 30, 2013 at 09:02 UTC
    Frequently the proper response to Math::Pari installation problems is actually to not install it. Why do you need it?
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      Hi salva,

      I need to install it because it is a dependency for Net::SSH::Perl , the module i really want to install
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        Using Net::SSH::Perl is not a great idea. Besides its dependency hell, the module has been unmaintained for a long time and has several know bugs.

        Nowadays, Net::SSH2 is a much better alternative, or for an easier to use API Net::SSH::Any.

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Re: installing Math::Pari on Windows
by arkturuz (Curate) on Jul 29, 2013 at 18:25 UTC
    What's the content of cpanminus' build.log?

    Also, wrap your code output in <code> tags. It's easier to read it. See Writeup Formatting Tips.

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      cpanm (App::cpanminus) 1.5021 on perl 5.016002 built for MSWin32-x64-m
+ulti-thread
Work directory is /.cpanm/work/1375126747.1448
You have make C:\Perl64\site\bin\dmake.exe
You have LWP 6.04
Falling back to Archive::Tar 1.90
You have C:\app\client\product\11.2.0\client_1\bin\unzip.exe
Searching Math::Pari on cpanmetadb ...
--> Working on Math::Pari
Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/I/IL/ILYAZ/modules/Math-Pari-2
+.01080605.tar.gz
-> OK
Unpacking Math-Pari-2.01080605.tar.gz
Entering Math-Pari-2.01080605
Checking configure dependencies from META.yml
Checking if you have ExtUtils::MakeMaker 0 ... Yes (6.64)
Configuring Math-Pari-2.01080605
Running Makefile.PL
Set up gcc environment - gcc.exe (rubenvb-4.5.4) 4.5.4
Did not find GP/PARI build directory around.
Non-interactive session, autofetching...

Getting GP/PARI from ftp://megrez.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/unix/
Not in this directory, now chdir('OLD')...
Available beta versions: `2.0.20 2.0.18 2.0.17 2.0.16 2.0.21 2.0.19'
Latest supported beta is `pari-2.0.21.beta.tgz'
Available golden versions: `2.1.6 2.1.3 2.1.0 2.1.1 2.1.5 2.1.7 1.39.0
+3 2.1.2 2.1.4'
Latest supported golden is `pari-2.1.7.tgz'
Picking golden version 2.1.7, file pari-2.1.7.tgz
Downloading `ftp://megrez.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/unix/pari-2.1.7.
+tgz'...
Downloaded...
Extracting...
gzip -dc pari-2.1.7.tgz | tar -xvf -
'gzip' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Can't un-targz PARI: $!=Bad file descriptor, exitcode=65280.
  Now retry with "C:\Perl64\bin\perl.exe" "-MArchive::Tar" "-wle" "Arc
+hive::Tar->new(shift)->extract()" "pari-2.1.7.tgz"
Looking for patches for 2.1.7...
Patching...
'patch' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
cd pari-2.1.7 && patch -p1  < ..\patches\diff_2.1.7_mingw-w64
'patch' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
...Could not patch: $?=256, ; continuing anyway...
cd pari-2.1.7 && patch -p1  < ..\patches\patch-pari-unnormalized-float
'patch' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
...Could not patch: $?=256, ; continuing anyway...
cd pari-2.1.7 && patch -p1  < ..\patches\diff_2.1.7_-O
'patch' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
...Could not patch: $?=256, ; continuing anyway...
cd pari-2.1.7 && patch -p1  < ..\patches\diff_2.1.7_div
'patch' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
...Could not patch: $?=256, ; continuing anyway...
cd pari-2.1.7 && patch -p1  < ..\patches\diff_2.1.6_align_power_of_2
'patch' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
...Could not patch: $?=256, ; continuing anyway...
cd pari-2.1.7 && patch -p1  < ..\patches\diff_2.1.7_restart
'patch' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
...Could not patch: $?=256, ; continuing anyway...
Finished patching...
Setting up Math::Pari with Perl 5.016002 on MSWin32 version 5.2;
   cc=C:\Perl64\site\bin\gcc.exe, gccversion=gcc.exe (rubenvb-4.5.4) 4
+.5.4, cccdlflags=' ',
   ccflags='-DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DWIN64 -DCONSERVA
+TIVE -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONT
+EXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-alias
+ing -mms-bitfields',
   optimize='-O2',
   ld=C:\Perl64\site\bin\g++.exe, ldflags='-L"C:\Perl64\lib\CORE"'.
Found GP/PARI build directory in pari-2.1.7
     (integer-formatted version 2001007).

  ### GP/PARI library version 2.1.* has many problems fixed in version
+s 2.3.*.

  ### Especially important are the problems with symbols `hiremainder'
+ and
  ### `overflow' - if your build fails and error messages contain thes
+e
  ### words, updating to 2.3.* might allow your use of fast processor-
+specific
  ### assembler code.)

  ### Switching to 2.3.* should be as simple as giving Makefile.PL an 
+option
  ###           version23_ok=1
  ###   (if you or Makefile.PL already downloaded-and-extracted versio
+n-2.1.* 
  ###    distribution, give an extra option, force_download).
  ### Alternatively, give option
  ###           paridir=DIRECTORY-of-extracted-distribution

  ### However, keep in mind: v.2.3.* supports only plotting to PostScr
+ipt.

...Generating libPARI/paricfg.h ...
Scanning header files...
Note (probably harmless): Errors reading from pipe: '', exit=256: C:\P
+erl64\site\bin\gcc.exe -E -DWIN32 utils/inc.h 2>&1
Creating libPARI/paricfg.h...
'uname' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
...Processor of family `' detected
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lm
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lkernel32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -luser32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lgdi32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lwinspool
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lcomdlg32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -ladvapi32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lshell32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lole32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -loleaut32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lnetapi32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -luuid
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lws2_32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lmpr
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lwinmm
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lversion
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lodbc32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lodbccp32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lcomctl32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lmsvcrt
'uname' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
...Processor of family `' detected
####    Do not know how to build for assembler `'.    ####
####    Reversing to assembler-less type `port'.        ####
####                                 ####
####    If you think your processor's assembler is supported    ####
####    by PARI, edit libPARI/Makefile.PL and report.        ####
####                                 ####
####    Alternatively, specify machine=YOURTYPE or machine=none    ###
+#
####    on the                            ####
####      perl Makefile.PL                     ####
####    command line.                         ####
####    Recognized types:                     ####
####      alpha hppa m86k none sparcv7 sparcv8 sparcv8_micro    ####
####      sparcv8_super ix86 (ppc ia64 after 2.2.7)         ####
...I will  use portable assembler-less build
...Assembler is not GNU assembler
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lm
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lkernel32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -luser32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lgdi32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lwinspool
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lcomdlg32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -ladvapi32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lshell32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lole32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -loleaut32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lnetapi32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -luuid
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lws2_32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lmpr
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lwinmm
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lversion
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lodbc32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lodbccp32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lcomctl32
Warning (mostly harmless): No library found for -lmsvcrt
Writing Makefile for Math::PARI::libPARI
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
Writing Makefile for Math::Pari
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
-> OK
Checking dependencies from MYMETA.json ...
Checking if you have ExtUtils::MakeMaker 0 ... Yes (6.64)
Building and testing Math-Pari-2.01080605
cp libPARI.dumb.pod blib\lib\Math\libPARI.dumb.pod
cp PariInit.pm blib\lib\Math\PariInit.pm
cp Pari.pm blib\lib\Math\Pari.pm
cp libPARI.pod blib\lib\Math\libPARI.pod
cd libPARI && C:\Perl64\site\bin\dmake.exe 
C:\Perl64\bin\perl.exe -wle0 > pariinl.h
C:\Perl64\bin\perl.exe -pe1 ../pari-2.1.7/src/kernel/none/level0.h ../
+pari-2.1.7/src/kernel/none/level1.h              >> pariinl.h
C:\Perl64\site\bin\gcc.exe -c  -I ../pari-2.1.7/src -I ../pari-2.1.7/s
+rc/headers -I ../pari-2.1.7/src/graph -I .     -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CO
+NSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DWIN64 -DCONSERVATIVE -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DUS
+E_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PER
+LIO -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields -DPERLDLL -O2 
+      -DVERSION=\"\"     -DXS_VERSION=\"\"  -Derr=pari_err -DASMINLIN
+E -DGCC_INLINE -DDYNAMIC_PLOTTING -o es.o ../pari-2.1.7/src/language/
+es.c
In file included from ../pari-2.1.7/src/headers/pari.h:94:0,
                 from ../pari-2.1.7/src/language/es.c:21:
./pariinl.h: In function 'new_chunk':
./pariinl.h:368:18: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different
+ size

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        I missed the thing that you're using ActiveState's Perl. You should probably try to install Math::Pari with their own tool: PPM (as discused in a previous thread.
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