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in thread Perl version 5.8.6

You're going to need to either download a prebuilt that was compiled with threads enabled, or build it from source and enable threads

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Re^5: Perl version 5.8.6
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 06, 2004 at 18:30 UTC
    Where can I find a prebuilt that was compiled with threads enabled?

    During installation, I did enable threads, but it did not seem to work. I also tried to manually install threads in CPAN, but it gave an error during make install: 

    Cannot forceunlink /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int/auto/Digest
+/MD5/MD5.dll: Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/File/Find.pm 
+line 873
make: *** [pure_perl_install] Error 255
  /usr/bin/make install -- NOT OK

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      The error line indicates that whatever Perl you are using is Perl 5.8.0.

      CPAN does not have any binary Perl version for download. You need to compile Perl for your platform, and for Windows, jZeds post Free MSVC tools + Activestate to compile CPAN Modules is a great introduction on what you will need.

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        I tried following through what jZeds suggested, but I could not get perl threads to work...the new perl is installed, but when I try and install threads, the install fails....what am I doing wrong?

        Thanks.

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