This was my first attempt to use Crypt::Blowfish (or for that mattter any Crypt module). I ran into quite a few problems and thought it would be good idea to post it in case some other poor soul is looking for direction.

I had read in a node here on PM that ActiveState had dropped support for the Crypt::modules due to legal issues. See here on ASPN for details.

1. I could install the Crypt::CBC from ppm: ppm install Crypt-CBC

2. For windows, I installed nmake from: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/132084/en-us. and copied nmake.err and nmake.exe into my perl bin.

3. Next I needed the C compiler for Windows. I downloaded the free MS Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition from: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/aa975050.aspx

4. I then had to install the "Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2"

5. I believe you also need .Net framework which I already had.

6. Finally I could run the nmake, nmake install without any errors but when I tried to run a perl test with the Crypt::Blowfish module, it threw an error saying:
"The application has failed to start because MSVCR80.dll was not found"

I found the dll in one of the MS Visual studio directories and added that to the path but it threw different error:
"The procedure entry point _except_handler4_common could not be located in the dynamic link library MSVCR80.dll"

7. I then found a node which tells you to add perl.exe.manifest file to the same dir as perl.exe. I took out the dir which I added in the path for msvcr80.dll in step 6 above, added the manifest file and it worked!

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.
+0">
<assemblyIdentity version="0.0.0.0" processorArchitecture="X86" name="
+Perl" type="win32" />
<description>Perl</description>
<dependency>
    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity 
          type="win32" 
          name="Microsoft.VC80.CRT" 
          version="8.0.50215.4631" 
          processorArchitecture="x86" 
          publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b">
      </assemblyIdentity>
    </dependentAssembly>
  </dependency>
</assembly>

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-Rachna

Edit: g0n - removed pre tags

In reply to Installing Crypt Blowfish module by Rachna

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