I'm trying to get a Perl module working (Win32::SerialPort). Doesn't work with my version of Perl:(v5.20.1) built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread Windows 7, 64bit

It fails with many test errors, undefined variables, and I saw some reply that said it wouldn't work with 64-bit Perl. If that's not true, please let me know.

Now that it is not working, I'm on the hunt for the right Perl that's going to work. I already have Perl running in the house, and I'm not looking forward to managing multiple distributions of it on the same machine.

So, to the Monks who are experienced with this, I ask, how can I easily set up another distribution and automatically launch it? I'm not familiar with batch files, and I did do a super search with one answer that gave back to file response that doesn't fit my filesystem set up. How is everyone else doing this?

And as a side question, if someone has used the module that I want to use, can you tell me the setup that I need? Perl coding is all well and good, but this infrastructure set up is troublesome for me. Thanks for your reply.

In reply to Multiple strawberry Perl distribution organization problems and the hunt for Win32::SerialPort installation that works by Perl_question

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