in reply to Installing Perlmonks modules on Win32

I'm trying to install zzamboni's Perlmonks modules 2.0 on Windows 2000 Professional. ...

The Makefile route is the traditional way to install, but because there's nothing in this package to compile (i.e., no .xs files), you can copy pieces into the "right" place by hand. Take a look at the Readme in the .zip file. If you have Admin privs on the machine, you can copy them into C:\perl\site\lib\ by hand (after making a subdirectory).

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Re: Re: Installing Perlmonks modules on Win32
by tachyon (Chancellor) on May 09, 2002 at 09:37 UTC

    you can copy them into C:\perl\site\lib\ by hand (after making a subdirectory).

    ...or you can write a two line makefile to do it for you as one might gently suggest the author could have done.

    cheers

    tachyon

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      ...or you can write a two line makefile to do it for you as one might gently suggest the author could have done.

      Ah, but why would I make that suggestion when it requires installing nmake? The package in question has no XS components. I've done by-hand Win32 installs of XS-less CPAN modules without nmake for several years now, to no ill effect.

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        Of course you and I know how to do it. That's not the point. Evidently the poster did not so the points are:

        • Consistency
        • Usability
        • Reliability
        • Why not follow the standard installation method without any good reason?

        make nmake CPAN PPM and CPANPLUS exist to make it easier and more automated to do tasks that can be done by hand. Of course real men write their own device drivers.....

        cheers

        tachyon

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