Re: Using CPAN

Although others posts are directly addressing your current issue, I thought I'd share another piece of information that might come in handy for you down the road.

Without any changes, ActivePerl by default will only be able to install pure Perl modules from CPAN. For any modules that need to be compiled (for example: XS modules), you need a few more steps. With 32-bit ActivePerl, use ActiveState's PPM utility to install dmake and MinGW. Once those are installed, you should be good to go and can install just about anything from CPAN.

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Re^2: Using CPAN by Anonymous Monk on Dec 01, 2013 at 13:45 UTC
daxim you can save yourself some typing by bookmarking (in one of your nodelets perhaps) these links here like How to install CPAN modules into ActivePerl OTOH, http://code.activestate.com/ppm/Imager/ shows its available on almost every ActivePerl out there	[reply]
Re^3: Using CPAN by LloydRice (Beadle) on Dec 02, 2013 at 08:06 UTC
Got it. Am I correct that dmake is not the default make? That the makefile assumes make or nmake?	[reply]
Re^4: Using CPAN by syphilis (Archbishop) on Dec 02, 2013 at 11:28 UTC
Am I correct that dmake is not the default make? That the makefile assumes make or nmake? It all depends upon $Config{make}. When the 'perl Makefile.PL' step of the module build is run, it will generate a Makefile suitable for whatever flavour of make is reported by $Config{make}. (Easy way to find out what $Config{make} returns is to run `perl -V:make`) The various flavours of make have slightly different rules of grammar - eg 'make' won't understand a Makefile that has been written for 'nmake'. You need to run the specific flavour of make for which the generated Makefile has been written. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Using CPAN by LloydRice (Beadle) on Dec 02, 2013 at 08:41 UTC
I tried renaming the Watcom nmake. `perl -MCPAN -eshell` then loaded MinGW64-4.5.4, apparently successfully. But still there were a ton of errors when I tried install Imager.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Using CPAN by dasgar (Priest) on Dec 02, 2013 at 10:30 UTC
Re^6: Using CPAN by LloydRice (Beadle) on Dec 03, 2013 at 06:41 UTC
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Re^6: Using CPAN by Anonymous Monk on Dec 02, 2013 at 10:50 UTC
Re^5: Using CPAN by Anonymous Monk on Dec 02, 2013 at 08:56 UTC
Re^6: Using CPAN by LloydRice (Beadle) on Dec 03, 2013 at 06:45 UTC
Re^4: Using CPAN by dasgar (Priest) on Dec 02, 2013 at 09:54 UTC
By default, Windows does not come with a compiler or compiler tools. Microsoft's Visual Studio uses a make utility called nmake. I believe that the MinGW compiler uses a make utlity called dmake. In any case, the make utility that you need to use needs to be compatible with the compiler that you use. In the case of compiling Perl modules, you'll need to be using a compiler and make utility that is compatible with the compiler used compile your Perl installation.	[reply]
Re^5: Using CPAN by Anonymous Monk on Dec 02, 2013 at 10:14 UTC
Re^6: Using CPAN by LloydRice (Beadle) on Dec 03, 2013 at 06:58 UTC