Its a problem with MakeMaker. MakeMaker 6.26 is known to work.

Thanks for the info.

I have allready installed MakeMaker 6.30 (I read about it on the internet), but still the same problem occured.

How about you try MakeMaker-6.26?

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.

Thanks for the code.

Should I compile this code once I've downloaded it?
When I run: perl MakeFile.pl
and than: nmake
I still get the same error:


cp Window.pm ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\PGPLOT\Window.pm
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap C:\
+Perl\lib\E
xtUtils\typemap -typemap typemap  Window.xs > Window.xsc && C:\Perl\bi
+n\perl.exe
 -MExtUtils::Command -e mv Window.xsc Window.c
Please specify prototyping behavior for Window.xs (see perlxs manual)
        cl -c    -nologo -Gf -W3 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DWIN32 -D_CONSO
+LE -DNO_ST
RICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_I
+MPLICIT_SY
S -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1    -DVERSION
+=\"2.4.2cv
s\"  -DXS_VERSION=\"2.4.2cvs\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   Window.c
Window.c
c1 : warning C4349: /Gf is deprecated and will not be supported in fut
+ure versio
ns of Visual C++; remove /Gf or use /GF instead
Window.xs(82) : warning C4305: '=' : truncation from 'double' to 'floa
+t'
Window.xs(83) : warning C4305: '=' : truncation from 'double' to 'floa
+t'
Running Mkbootstrap for PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window ()
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod 644 Window.b
+s
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Mksymlists  -e "Mksymlists('N
+AME'=>\"PD
L::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window\", 'DLBASE' => 'Window', 'DL_FUNCS' => {  
+}, 'FUNCLI
ST' => [], 'IMPORTS' => {  }, 'DL_VARS' => []);"
        link -out:..\..\..\blib\arch\auto\PDL\Graphics\PGPLOT\Window\W
+indow.dll
-dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf  -libpath:"C:\Perl\lib\
+CORE"  -ma
chine:x86 Window.obj   C:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl58.lib oldnames.lib kernel
+32.lib use
r32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib  comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib 
+ole32.lib
oleaut32.lib  netapi32.lib uuid.lib ws2_32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib  vers
+ion.lib od
bc32.lib odbccp32.lib msvcrt.lib -def:Window.def
   Creating library ..\..\..\blib\arch\auto\PDL\Graphics\PGPLOT\Window
+\Window.li
b and object ..\..\..\blib\arch\auto\PDL\Graphics\PGPLOT\Window\Window
+.exp
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod 755 ..\..\..
+\blib\arch
\auto\PDL\Graphics\PGPLOT\Window\Window.dll
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e cp Window.bs ..\..
+\..\blib\a
rch\auto\PDL\Graphics\PGPLOT\Window\Window.bs
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod 644 ..\..\..
+\blib\arch
\auto\PDL\Graphics\PGPLOT\Window\Window.bs
cp LUT.pm ..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT.pm
NMAKE : fatal error U1095: expanded command line '@ C:\Perl\bin\perl.e
+xe -MExtUt
ils::Install -e "pm_to_blib({@ARGV}, '..\..\..\blib\lib\auto', '')" st
+airs9.fits
 ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/stairs9.fits  random3.fits 
+..\..\..\b
lib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/random3.fits  ramp.fits ..\..\..\blib\
+lib\PDL\Gr
aphics\LUT\tables/ramp.fits  aips0.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics
+\LUT\table
s/aips0.fits  idl4.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/idl4
+.fits  sta
irs8.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/stairs8.fits  rand
+om5.fits .
.\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/random5.fits  rainbow2.fits .
+.\..\..\bl
ib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/rainbow2.fits  random2.fits ..\..\..\bl
+ib\lib\PDL
\Graphics\LUT\tables/random2.fits  rainbow4.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL
+\Graphics\
LUT\tables/rainbow4.fits  rainbow.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\
+LUT\tables
/rainbow.fits  smooth2.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/
+smooth2.fi
ts  blue.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/blue.fits  smo
+oth3.fits
..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/smooth3.fits  red.fits ..\..
+\..\blib\l
ib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/red.fits  green.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\
+Graphics\L
UT\tables/green.fits  random4.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\
+tables/ran
dom4.fits  bgyrw.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/bgyrw.
+fits  colo
r.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/color.fits  staircase
+.fits ..\.
.\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/staircase.fits  idl6.fits ..\..\
+..\blib\li
b\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/idl6.fits  light.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\
+Graphics\L
UT\tables/light.fits  rainbow3.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT
+\tables/ra
inbow3.fits  idl11.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/idl1
+1.fits  id
l15.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/idl15.fits  backgr.
+fits ..\..
\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/backgr.fits  manycol.fits ..\..\.
+.\blib\lib
\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/manycol.fits  isophot.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\
+PDL\Graphi
cs\LUT\tables/isophot.fits  random6.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphic
+s\LUT\tabl
es/random6.fits  idl2.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/i
+dl2.fits
idl12.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/idl12.fits  rando
+m1.fits ..
\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/random1.fits  pastel.fits ..\.
+.\..\blib\
lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/pastel.fits  idl5.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\P
+DL\Graphic
s\LUT\tables/idl5.fits  smooth.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT
+\tables/sm
ooth.fits  idl14.fits ..\..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT\tables/idl14.
+fits' too
long
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0x2'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0x2'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0x2'
Stop.
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Looks to me that our outputs are basically similar until we get to:

cp LUT.pm ..\..\blib\lib\PDL\Graphics\LUT.pm

At that point you get some error message (the likes of which I've not seen before) whereas I simply get:

nmake -f Makefile all -nologo

Could you provide the output of 'perl -V' and tell us which compiler you're using. I hope you aren't using that free command line version of Visual Studio 7 that Microsoft have made available ... or that if you are using that compiler, then you have built your perl using that compiler. I'm not sure that I'm all that keen about troubleshooting the building of PDL with that compiler unless perl itself has been built with that compiler .... but I'll reserve judgement on that, for the moment :-)

Also, take a look at the PDL win32/INSTALL file. Is there anything there that you find to be an acceptable (alternative) way of building PDL (as opposed to the way you're currently trying to build it) ?

Cheers,
Rob