Re^2: Can't find packages for Strawberry Perl (e.g., Win32::AdminMisc, etc)

When I try to install from CPAN, I get:

Stopping: 'install' failed for 'Win32::AdminMisc'.
Could not read metadata file. Falling back to other methods to determi
+ne prerequisites
Failed during this command:
 DAVEROTH/Win32_AdminMisc_Source_980511.zip   : writemakefile NO -- Pa
+ckage contains several files[adminbuild.h adminmisc.cpp ADMINMISC.DEF
+ ADMINMISC.H ADMINMISC.PM ADMINMISC.RC DNS.CPP DNS.H README resource.
+h TEST.PL] but no Makefile.PL or Build.PL; not recognized as a perl p
+ackage, giving up
[download]

I tried to go to the Dave Roth website, but the links to the *.pm files are dead.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,

EigenFunctions

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Re^3: Can't find packages for Strawberry Perl (e.g., Win32::AdminMisc, etc) by Anonymous Monk on Nov 05, 2013 at 23:52 UTC
When I try to install from CPAN, I get: Who suggested that you try that? I tried to go to the Dave Roth website, but the links to the .pm files are dead.* Awww, thats tough, try http://web.archive.org/web/20041230183947/http://www.roth.net/pub/ntperl/AdminMisc/20030714/source/AdminMisc_Source.Zip Can anyone help? Apparently nobody can	[reply]
Re^4: Can't find packages for Strawberry Perl (e.g., Win32::AdminMisc, etc) by EigenFunctions (Beadle) on Nov 17, 2013 at 12:15 UTC
I downloaded the source and thanks. But, it's not clear to me, a user of Perl, not a developer of Perl packages, how to compile it for Strawberry Perl. I have the ActiveState package installed on another machine - is it possible to use those installation files for Strawberry Perl? Thanks, EigenFunctions	[reply]
Re^5: Can't find packages for Strawberry Perl (e.g., Win32::AdminMisc, etc) by Anonymous Monk on Nov 18, 2013 at 00:05 UTC
I downloaded the source and thanks. But, it's not clear to me, a user of Perl, not a developer of Perl packages, how to compile it for Strawberry Perl. Well, the contact your favorite developer :) I have the ActiveState package installed on another machine - is it possible to use those installation files for Strawberry Perl? Whatever you mean by that, the answer is maybe	[reply]