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

In reply to Perl Install on NT Workstation by wfbojar

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