in reply to Module Install Problem

'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

FYI: 'cl' is the C/C++ compiler that comes with VisualStudio and was probalby used to build this installation of perl. If you intend to build modules that are not found through PPM, you may find yourself needing it.

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Re: Re: Module Install Problem
by nimdokk (Vicar) on Nov 12, 2003 at 19:18 UTC
    I was afraid that I might have to use Visual Studio or something, which alas is not an option at all. I can only do so much with work computers :-)

    "Ex libris un peut de tout"
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      If you need to compile modules then you will either need Visual C/C++ -OR- cygwin. cywin is open-source and gives you pretty much a *nix machine on your Windows box. This way you can build a Perl which is closer to a *nix Perl and comes with the gcc compiler so that you don't have to shell out for Visual Studio.

      I use cygwin on a client's machine because he has an app he wants to run on his intranet which requires a bundle of odd-ball modules and this is the easiest way to do it.

      jdtoronto

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        OK, thanks. I'll take a look at that. I can get away with a few things on the laptop since I need it to do my job, but not much, even Perl itself is perhaps questionable :-). By the way, thanks for the link to Crazy Insomniac's archive. I've found several of the modules that I was missing. Installing the ppd's seems to be working, altough one gave me an odd error message. I'll look at it later though, meeting time.

        "Ex libris un peut de tout"
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