Problems installing Win32::Printer Module

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Re: Problems installing Win32::Printer Module by davidj (Priest) on Jun 21, 2004 at 19:58 UTC
I just tried installing it on my win2K system to verify your problem and I had the same problem. After I installed I ran a search for printer on my system and got the following search results: `C:\Perl\site\lib\ppm-conf C:\Perl\site\lib\ppm-conf` [download] I read the ppd file for the download location, downloaded the file, and it is empty. I search CPAN and found Win32-Printer-0.8.0.zip. I unzipped it and found it has the required files. You might want to download it and install it without using ppm. davidj	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Problems installing Win32::Printer Module by JSchmitz (Canon) on Jun 21, 2004 at 20:47 UTC
Yes I have noticed this problem before also using CPANPLUS, CPAN or PPM - sometimes the modules choke on the auto install stuff but if you build them from scratch they are alright. You can also use the verify command from the ppm prompt and that should tell you if it is installed correctly.	[reply]
Re: Problems installing Win32::Printer Module by antioch (Sexton) on Jun 22, 2004 at 00:14 UTC
Ah, I see. I knew it wasn't just me :P, haha. Well I downloaded the module zip and have the files but can you please tell me how to build/install them? Thanks for all your guys help! =)	[reply]
Re^2: Problems installing Win32::Printer Module by davidj (Priest) on Jun 22, 2004 at 00:54 UTC
You build/install modules on Windows just like you build/install them on nix. read this for a fairly detailed explanation. The guts of it is as follows. After unzipping the module zip file: 1) go to the directory where it was unzipped 2) perl Makefile.PL 3) make 4) make test 5) make install The most troublesome part for most people is finding a make utility. If you have visual C++ installed you are in luck, as it comes with nmake. If you do not, you can download the dmake utility here . In these cases simply substitute nmake or dmake for make in the above instructions. Or, if you have cygwin or MinGW installed on your windows machine, you can use their make utilities. Finally, it's not as complicated as it may appear :) davidj update*:It was kindly pointed out to me that there is a good tutorial at the Monastery for installing modules. You can find it here: A Guide to Installing Modules	[reply]
Re: Problems installing Win32::Printer Module by antioch (Sexton) on Jun 22, 2004 at 03:42 UTC
Jeeze seems like this module won't seem to let me install it. When I run any of the nmake commands it gives me the error message: "cl -c -nologo -Gf -W3 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SY S -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DVERSION=\"0.8.0\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.8.0\" "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE" Printer.c 'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0x1' Stop." Bleh, I'm out of ideas once again. Do you guys get this error too while trying to use nmake, or is it working fine? I wish ppm had worked =(	[reply]
Re^2: Problems installing Win32::Printer Module by davidj (Priest) on Jun 22, 2004 at 03:50 UTC
My configuration compiles and installs it just fine: win2K, visual C++ enterprise 6.0, win32-printer.0.8.0, activeState 5.8.3.809 Not sure what suggestions I could give you at this point. sorry, davidj	[reply]
Re: Problems installing Win32::Printer Module by antioch (Sexton) on Jun 22, 2004 at 03:57 UTC
Hmm.. tell me if this sounds right please. I downloaded the module (lets say the folder is C:\windows\desktop\Win32-Printer-0.8.0 ) and then I downloaded nmake. I copied the nmake files into the module folder and ran: 1) perl Makefile.pl (it says that it couldnt find some .lib files but that its probably harmless) 2) nmake (well i pretty much just stop here cause it gives me the error in my above post) Did I forget to put nmake in my path or what? I appreciate all the help your trying to give me. !EDIT: I've found out that it requires compilation since it has an .XS file in the archive. I'm guessing you didn't run into this because you have Visual C++ installed. It required the file 'cl.exe'. I'll update when again when/if I figure things out.	[reply]