Re: Make ActivePerl use existing compiler

I *do* have MinGW (gcc-4.8.1) installed in C:\MinGW with c:\MinGW\bin in my PATH

Yes, I would have thought that would be sufficient.
Do you also have 'dmake' installed and in your path ?
(I'm merely wondering whether ActivePerl might be mistakenly equating the absence of 'dmake' with the absence of a compiler.)

Cheers,
Rob

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Re^2: Make ActivePerl use existing compiler by testuser448 (Initiate) on Aug 25, 2015 at 01:22 UTC
I don't have dmake.	[reply]
Re^3: Make ActivePerl use existing compiler by syphilis (Archbishop) on Aug 25, 2015 at 08:49 UTC
I don't have dmake I speculate that if you install 'dmake' and add it to your path, then cpan installs will happily use your gcc-4.8.1 (assuming, of course, that gcc-4.8.1 is also still in your path). I could be wrong, of course. Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^3: Make ActivePerl use existing compiler by Anonymous Monk on Aug 25, 2015 at 06:30 UTC
Well :) if you decide to try activeperl again, you could get dmake from https://metacpan.org/release/dmake or http://code.activestate.com/ppm/dmake/	[reply]
Re^4: Make ActivePerl use existing compiler by testuser448 (Initiate) on Aug 27, 2015 at 07:03 UTC
Installing dmake worked. Thanks.	[reply]