Dear Perl users, I am struggling with a re-installation of Perl modules on a 64-bit windows 7 machine. I have installed the latest Active Perl and that seems to be working fine, however when I tried to install various modules using the cpan shell I get the error: "It looks like you don't have a C compiler and make utility installed. Trying to install dmake and the MinGW gcc compiler using the PPM." then.... "ppm.bat install failed: Can't find any package that provides MinGW" then.... "It looks like the installation of dmake and MinGW has failed. You will not be able run Makefile commands or compile C extension code. Please check your internet connection and your proxy settings" So, are there any suggestions for installing a 'make utility'? If so, how? Best, h

In reply to Missing nmake - 64bit, Windows 7 by heliozoan

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