Heidegger has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear Monks,

I'm programming in Perl under windows platform. I'm using the IndigoPerl bundle with Apache. When I want to install a module DBIx::Recordset, it can't find a binary distribution for itself. If I try to compile it with cpan, compilation crashes after many steps. I wonder if it is possible just to copy the Recordset.pm to the perl/lib directory to install a perl package. Will it work this way?

Thanks

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Re: Need to install DBIx::Recordset under Windows
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Apr 02, 2004 at 14:13 UTC
    use CPANPLUS instead. Read A guide to installing modules, get nmake( if thats what `perl -V:make' reports), and install the module manually.

    MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
    I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
    ** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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      So I should drop the idea of installing DBIx::Recordset.pm just by copying it to the perl/site/lib dir?
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        If it's pure-perl, sure (not reccomended). Seeing how the module is a standard CPAN distribution, you should install it like one (How do I install a module from CPAN?).

        MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
        I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
        ** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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Re: Need to install DBIx::Recordset under Windows
by bart (Canon) on Apr 02, 2004 at 16:22 UTC
    I'd like to warn you that some time earlier this week, when I tried to install the latest DBIx::RecordSet, on Windows (ActivePerl 5.8.3), straight from CPAN using nmake, I didn't succeed because some of the tests made perl crash. I didn't trust it enough to proceed any further.
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