Hi all, Ive finally decided to add Perl to my PC (Vista 64b) and got the source code to compile from perl.org latest.tar.latest.perl-5.10.1 Ive done command line compiles before but could not find detailed instructions on how to compile using the Microsoft compiler. Some of the steps taken so far, 1. There was a makefile.make, it said change as needed, I picked VC9.0, although Ive got several versions of VC; 2. Did nmake and it says its up to date. 3. In the main Readme file, one instruction step found appeared to be a linux command to set params then run make Test, make Install. 4. Well just to try it, did nmake test then nmake install? (in a VS command prompt)and the compiler starts, runs a bit in each case then errors out. 5. I had run the prerequisite Set Environment Path using the Win32 sub directory of the Perl source download. 6. Had tried what i thought were obvious steps to compile, after a couple hours of this, decided to ask the experts. My question is where are instructions on how to compile Perl to run on this windows vista 64b pc? Or I humbly ask for an enlighted explanation thereof. thanks

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