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Hi Monks-

I'm asking for help installing Compress::Stream::Zstd in Strawberry Perl on a windows 10 box.

Here is what I've done so far:

Download & install fresh version of Strawberry Perl
Ran in command window: perl -MCPAN -e shell
Tried to install module: cpan> install Compress::Stream::Zstd

It fails in the following way:

cpan> install Compress::Stream::Zstd
Running install for module 'Compress::Stream::Zstd'
...
Building Compress-Stream-Zstd
gcc -c -std=c99 -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DMULTIPLICITY
+ -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -f
+no-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields -Wall -Wextra -Wno-parentheses -Wno
+-unused -Wno-unused-parameter -I. -Iext/zstd/lib -DZSTD_LEGACY_MULTIT
+HREADED_API -Os -falign-functions -falign-jumps -falign-labels -falig
+n-loops -freorder-blocks -freorder-blocks-algorithm=stc -freorder-blo
+cks-and-partition "-DVERSION=\"0.206\"" "-DXS_VERSION=\"0.206\"" -I"C
+:\STRAWB~1\perl\lib\CORE" -I"C:\STRAWB~1\c\include" -o "lib\Compress\
+Stream\Zstd.o" "lib\Compress\Stream\Zstd.c"
ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap::Mkbootstrap('blib\arch\auto\Compress\Stream\Zst
+d\Zstd.bs')
Generating script 'lib\Compress\Stream\Zstd.lds'
g++ "lib\Compress\Stream\Zstd.def" -o "blib\arch\auto\Compress\Stream\
+Zstd\Zstd.xs.dll" -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -shared -s -L"C:\STRAW
+B~1\perl\lib\CORE" -L"C:\STRAWB~1\c\lib" -L"C:\STRAWB~1\c\x86_64-w64-
+mingw32\lib" -L"C:\STRAWB~1\c\lib\gcc\x86_64-w64-mingw32\13.2.0" "lib
+\Compress\Stream\Zstd.lds" -pthread ext/zstd/lib/libzstd.a
C:/Strawberry/c/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.2.0/../../../../x
+86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find ext/zstd/lib/libzstd.a: No 
+such file or directory
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
error building blib\arch\auto\Compress\Stream\Zstd\Zstd.xs.dll from "l
+ib\Compress\Stream\Zstd.o" at C:/Strawberry/perl/lib/ExtUtils/CBuilde
+r/Platform/Windows.pm line 241.
...
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I believe the problem is that it cannot find the ext/zstd/lib/libzstd.a library. Is there some place I can download this from (for x86_64), or build it myself? Once built, where do I put it so that the CPAN install can find it?

Thanks in advance for any help on this!

-Craig

PS: Here is the complete CPAN output:

cpan> install Compress::Stream::Zstd
Running install for module 'Compress::Stream::Zstd'
Fetching with HTTP::Tiny:
https://cpan.org/authors/id/P/PM/PMQS/Compress-Stream-Zstd-0.206.tar.g
+z
Checksum for C:\STRAWB~1\cpan\sources\authors\id\P\PM\PMQS\Compress-St
+ream-Zstd-0.206.tar.gz ok
Scanning cache C:\STRAWB~1\cpan\build for sizes
DONE
Configuring P/PM/PMQS/Compress-Stream-Zstd-0.206.tar.gz with Build.PL
Created MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
Creating new 'Build' script for 'Compress-Stream-Zstd' version '0.206'
  PMQS/Compress-Stream-Zstd-0.206.tar.gz
  C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe Build.PL -- OK
Running Build for P/PM/PMQS/Compress-Stream-Zstd-0.206.tar.gz
'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Building Compress-Stream-Zstd
gcc -c -std=c99 -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DMULTIPLICITY
+ -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -f
+no-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields -Wall -Wextra -Wno-parentheses -Wno
+-unused -Wno-unused-parameter -I. -Iext/zstd/lib -DZSTD_LEGACY_MULTIT
+HREADED_API -Os -falign-functions -falign-jumps -falign-labels -falig
+n-loops -freorder-blocks -freorder-blocks-algorithm=stc -freorder-blo
+cks-and-partition "-DVERSION=\"0.206\"" "-DXS_VERSION=\"0.206\"" -I"C
+:\STRAWB~1\perl\lib\CORE" -I"C:\STRAWB~1\c\include" -o "lib\Compress\
+Stream\Zstd.o" "lib\Compress\Stream\Zstd.c"
ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap::Mkbootstrap('blib\arch\auto\Compress\Stream\Zst
+d\Zstd.bs')
Generating script 'lib\Compress\Stream\Zstd.lds'
g++ "lib\Compress\Stream\Zstd.def" -o "blib\arch\auto\Compress\Stream\
+Zstd\Zstd.xs.dll" -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -shared -s -L"C:\STRAW
+B~1\perl\lib\CORE" -L"C:\STRAWB~1\c\lib" -L"C:\STRAWB~1\c\x86_64-w64-
+mingw32\lib" -L"C:\STRAWB~1\c\lib\gcc\x86_64-w64-mingw32\13.2.0" "lib
+\Compress\Stream\Zstd.lds" -pthread ext/zstd/lib/libzstd.a
C:/Strawberry/c/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.2.0/../../../../x
+86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find ext/zstd/lib/libzstd.a: No 
+such file or directory
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
error building blib\arch\auto\Compress\Stream\Zstd\Zstd.xs.dll from "l
+ib\Compress\Stream\Zstd.o" at C:/Strawberry/perl/lib/ExtUtils/CBuilde
+r/Platform/Windows.pm line 241.
  PMQS/Compress-Stream-Zstd-0.206.tar.gz
  C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe ./Build -- NOT OK
Stopping: 'install' failed for 'Compress::Stream::Zstd'.
Failed during this command:
 PMQS/Compress-Stream-Zstd-0.206.tar.gz       : make NO
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In reply to How to install Compress::Stream::Zstd in Strawberry Perl? by cmv

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