wfbojar has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello! I have used Perl a lot for programming but this is the first time I've tried to install it. As stated, it's on an NT workstation. I downloaded perl-5.8.0 and followed the directions in the README.win32 doc. From a cmd shell in the Perl install win32 directory, I execute dmake. After the 'copy config_H.vc config.h' completes, the following is attempted to be executed:

cl -c -nologo -Gf -W3 -I..\lib\CORE -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -MD -DNDEBUG -O1 -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -Foperlglob.obj perlglob.c

Which gives the following error:

The name specified is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. dmake.exe: Error code 1, while making 'perlglob.obj'

Did I miss a step or what am I doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated! If any more info is needed, please let me know. Thanks in advance.

-Bill

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Re: Perl Install on NT Workstation
by PodMaster (Abbot) on May 28, 2003 at 04:03 UTC
    Do you have a program called cl.exe in your path? It's the MSVS compiler.

    Did you read makefile.mk? 

    
#
# uncomment exactly one of the following
#
# Visual C++ 2.x
#CCTYPE        *= MSVC20
# Visual C++ > 2.x and < 6.x
#CCTYPE        *= MSVC
# Visual C++ >= 6.x
CCTYPE        *= MSVC60
# Borland 5.02 or later
#CCTYPE        *= BORLAND
# mingw32+gcc-2.95.2 or better
#CCTYPE        *= GCC

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    You can get a free compiler from borland.com.

    update: Re: Compiling 5.8.0 on Win2K -- you can always get a precompiled binary from ActiveState.com.

    MJD says you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!
    I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6x+5.8x. I take requests.
    ** The Third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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Re: Perl Install on NT Workstation
by dws (Chancellor) on May 28, 2003 at 04:25 UTC
    I downloaded perl-5.8.0 and followed the directions in the README.win32 doc.

    There's a no-compile alternative. Download an installation from ActiveState. Everything is nicely precompiled. Some people prefer to build Perl from scratch, while many more take the easier path with great success.

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Re: Perl Install on NT Workstation
by Marza (Vicar) on May 28, 2003 at 05:52 UTC

    There is also IndigoStar

    I try to give the little guy some support. Especially now that ActiveState is selling another version of Perl so in time the free one will probably not be as clean.

    Their editor is not bad either.

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      What other version do you mean? I do not see any non-free version of Perl on ActiveState.com.

      Jenda
      Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
         -- Rick Osborne

      Edit by castaway: Closed small tag in signature

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        Well pakage was probably the wrong word. Their bundle : ASPN_Perl

        But I did have a retard moment. It includes the dev kit and the Perl.net plugin; not a different version of Perl.

        But back to the original statement. I still like to support the little guys as it keeps the big fish tuned in to their product.

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