I'm having a terrible time getting Net::LibIDN to work in Windows via ActivePerl. Is this even possible? The GNU Libidn site claims it works in Windows, so it seems that it should be.

None of the PPM repositories seem to have it (they all list it as buggy/failed) and I can't get it to build via CPAN. (Though I can build pretty much any other module I need)

The error I'm getting during build:

  CPAN.pm: Going to build T/TH/THOR/Net-LibIDN-0.11.tar.gz

Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3)
'cc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
__test1.c:1:18: idna.h: No such file or directory
This module requires GNU Libidn, which could not be found.
  THOR/Net-LibIDN-0.11.tar.gz
  C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site -- NO Makefile cre
+ated
Running make test
  Make had some problems, won't test
Running make install
  Make had some problems, won't install

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Now, I know it needs GNU Libidn, but how do I go about making this happen? Do I just need to make the code available somehow, or do I have to fully install GNU Libidn? And if I have to install it, will I have to install it on every Windows computer that runs a copy of my code?

Edit: Update on errors: (downloaded libidn from GNU site and extracted it into subfolder named libidn-1.9 in the cwd)

C:\Perl\cpan\build\Net-LibIDN-0.11-QaNUHQ>perl Makefile.PL --with-libi
+dn=libidn-
1.9 --with-libidn-inc=libidn-1.9\lib
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3)
In file included from __test1.c:1:
libidn-1.9/lib/idna.h:31:38: idn-int.h: No such file or directory
In file included from __test1.c:1:
libidn-1.9/lib/idna.h:67: error: syntax error before '*' token
libidn-1.9/lib/idna.h:69: error: syntax error before '*' token
libidn-1.9/lib/idna.h:74: error: syntax error before '*' token
libidn-1.9/lib/idna.h:82: error: syntax error before '*' token
libidn-1.9/lib/idna.h:86: error: syntax error before "uint32_t"
This module requires GNU Libidn, which could not be found.

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Thanks a ton, in advance.


While I ask a lot of Win32 questions, I hate Windows with a passion. That's the problem with writing a cross-platform program. I'm a Linux user myself. I wish more people were.
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In reply to Net::LibIDN in Windows, is it possible? by wilsond

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