I am trying to port a perl program from linux to Windows, and it uses XML::XPath Trying to load it, most advice seems to be to use ppm, but AS doesn't seem to provide that anymore - is that right? And "pip install" fails, as I don't have a pip in the ASPerl installation. Trying to install it from CPAN gives lots of dmake errors like below.

As does "cpan install"; fails with: 

   "  MANWAR/XML-XPath-1.44.tar.gz
    E:\PLang\ActivePerl\bin\perl.exe Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site -- O
+K
    Running make for M/MA/MANWAR/XML-XPath-1.44.tar.gz
    x[91m[DMAKE] error: the following arguments are required: command.
+.[0m
    ...
    e:\Plang\Python\python36\scripts\dmake.exe -- NOT OK

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Lots of reports on this sort of thing, but I didn't find anything simple that works yet. Any hints? Should I dump AS perl and move to Strawberry? Please excuse any novice confusion here!

In reply to no ppm on ActiveState perl? by guthrie

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