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in thread Download Links for Dmake and MinGW

Thanks for the reply Rob!

You're welcome.
Sorry - I get a bit crabby when I request something specific and it's not forthcoming, but I guess you aren't to know that I was seeking more than just the version number.

I'm pretty sure that you can get the actual dmake and mingw that PPM would provide by grabbing:
http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x64/5.24/2400/-/--/MINGW/MinGW-4.6.3.tar.gz and http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x64/5.24/2400/-/--/MINGW/dmake-4.11.20080107.tar.gz

Please let me know if there's a problem in obtaining them, or if they turn out to be unsatisfactory.

Update: Having grabbed those files, if you save
http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x64/5.24/2400/-/--/MINGW/MinGW-4.6.3.ppd
and
http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x64/5.24/2400/-/--/MINGW/dmake-4.11.20080107.ppd
to the same location as those 2 tar.gz files, then 'cd' to that location, you can then install them by running 'ppm install dmake-4.11.20080107.ppd' and 'ppm install MinGW-4.6.3.ppd', even though you don't have an internet connection.
(I think you would need to install dmake before installing MinGW if you want to use those 'ppm' coomands.)

Cheers,
Rob
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Re^12: Download Links for Dmake and MinGW
by yinghou (Novice) on Aug 08, 2017 at 20:14 UTC

    Thanks Rob for your detailed instructions. I was able to download the MinGW and dmake using ppm install without any issues. The reason I need to install them was because I need to install PAR::Packer which I had no trouble downloading. However, I had an dmake error when I manually installed it. Please see the installation code below. It may not be dmake issue, just dmake couldn't find system "windres" exe.

    Perl makefile.pl - this is OK dmake errors: windres is not recognized as an internal or external command, +operable program or batch file error code 129 while making ppresource.coff

    I will try to work our admin to install "Windres" which is considered as a potential virus. I appreciate your great help! Ying

      "I will try to work our admin to install "Windres" which is considered as a potential virus."

      windres should be part of MinGW. Either that isn't installed properly or your PATH environment variable doesn't contain its location. You should seriously consider addressing the reasons your organization has for not simply using strawberry perl, along with your own cpan mirror.

      windres is not recognized as an internal or external command

      If you are runningr anti-virus software that deemed windres.exe to possibly be a virus, then the file might not have been installed, or it might have been quarantined in some way that makes it inaccessible. (Perhaps its file extension was changed ?)
      You'll need to fix that.
      windres.exe should be in the same folder as gcc.exe.

      Cheers,
      Rob

        the Windres.exe issue was resolved by creating a Mingw folder in environment path. Thanks for your suggestions. However, still not able to install with errors like below:

        dmake may not locate par::heavy pm

        not sure it means I need to download par::heavy as prerequisite? or something else? Thanks Ying