in reply to which is the best free method for compiling modules for win32

I use ActiveState daily, without much trouble.

Cygwin also has a perl package, and then you could just use GCC to compile any packages that you need. I will warn you, there are some modules that don't play nice with cygwin, off the top of my head though, I can't remember which I've had problems with in the past.

I'm pretty happy using AS and getting my modules from PPM.

  • Comment on Re: which is the best free method for compiling modules for win32

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^2: which is the best free method for compiling modules for win32
by jacques (Priest) on Jul 22, 2004 at 18:00 UTC
    I'm pretty happy using AS and getting my modules from PPM

    Which would be nice if AS kept the modules current. They do not.

    I would stick with Cygwin and ignore AS, unless you had to use them. Besides if you are like most of us and have a Unix background, then you will feel more comfortable with Cygwin anyway.

[reply]

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom