Re^5: Perl version 5.8.6

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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Thank you.

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Re^6: Perl version 5.8.6 by Corion (Patriarch) on Dec 06, 2004 at 18:32 UTC
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.	[reply]
Re^7: Perl version 5.8.6 by Anonymous Monk on Dec 06, 2004 at 22:56 UTC
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.	[reply]
Re^8: Perl version 5.8.6 by tilly (Archbishop) on Dec 07, 2004 at 02:53 UTC
If the new perl is installed and the old perl is still around, you may still be accidentally picking up the wrong perl when you try to install threads. Try "perl -v" or "perl -V" to see which Perl is in your path.	[reply]