ActivePerl defaults to wanting you to use nmake rather than dmake. Here I documented where you can get it and a few other tidbits like how to fix things so you can use dmake, why building modules on Win98 sucks, etc.

'perl Makefile.PL' from the dospromt\new module's directory. But dos says bad command or file name. I also tried at same prompt: c:\perl\bin perl makefile.pl -- no error is returned

OK, then that means that C:/Perl/bin isn't listed in your PATH environment variable. If you haven't rebooted since you installed ActivePerl, then rebooting will probably fix that.

but the subsequent dmake command returns 'bad command or filename'. (dmake is in c:\perl\bin)

Yes, that would be the same problem.

But even after you resolve that, I'm afraid you'll still have problems trying to build modules under Win9x (as I touch on in the other node I linked to above). Be prepared to have to hack around some annoying bugs. ):

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

In reply to (tye)Re: Activeperl, makefile.pl problem by tye
in thread Activeperl, makefile.pl problem by Anonymous Monk

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