Re^2: Perl on Windows 10

Thanks, Rob.

MSYS2 is new to me. I spent a bit of time reading the doco - it looks like it provides the functionality I'm after.

I see some (almost) identical packages in both of those. There seems to be quite a few. As an example, Strawberry Perl has binutils-2.32 and MSYS2 has binutils 2.30-1.

Are there conflicts with any of these? If so, what's the best way to handle them?

Is there a preferred (or even required) installation order? As I'll be installing multiple versions of Perl, installing MSYS2 first seems right to me but I am completely guessing about that.

It may be that I just need to read more (or different) doco. I'm happy to follow a link and read if that's easier than a written explanation of any of the above questions.

— Ken

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Re^3: Perl on Windows 10 by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jun 21, 2019 at 13:34 UTC
As an example, Strawberry Perl has binutils-2.32 and MSYS2 has binutils 2.30-1 I avoid having a gcc toolchain installed on MSYS2. If I need a compiler inside MSYS2's msys2_shell.cmd shell (as is often the case), I use a mingw-w64 port of gcc (eg the one provided by Strawberry Perl). I was thinking you'd be using MSYS2 mainly for git, but it's also handy for building C/C++ libraries and for providing 3rd party libraries - eg Gtk2/Gtk3/Gnome, that can be utilized to build the Gtk2/Gtk3/Gnome perl modules on Win32 perls (including Strawberry Perl). I've been doing that sort of stuff for so long now that I had quite forgotten that mixing Strawberry Perl and MSYS2 can also be a bit tricky. Thanks to xiaoyafeng for reminding me that one has to be a little mindful of how the path is set on those occasions when both MSYS2 and Strawberry Perl environments need to intersect. It's hard to come up with a general plan to cover all eventualities, but I think a good start is to set things up so that the default Windows path includes neither MSYS2 nor Strawberry Perl. Then you can just bring in bits and pieces of each, as needed for the particular task. Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^4: Perl on Windows 10 by kcott (Archbishop) on Jun 24, 2019 at 08:44 UTC
I found MSYS2 Wiki (on Github) which seems to cover most of what I'm looking for; particularly with respect to installing the base tools and then adding packages. I'll start with the Strawberry Perl installation; then add other components as required. As per xiaoyafeng's post, Strawberry Perl may provide all I need. — Ken	[reply]