installing CPAN module in active perl

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i have downloaded CPAN module in windows. this CPAN module does not have a ppd file...so mi attempts to install it using ppm failed..so i downloaded make utility (make.exe) and tried to install the module but when i give make test i get the following error

C:\Perl\X11-GUITest-0.20>make test

make: *** No rule to make target `test'.  Stop
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can anyone help me on this and give me a solution to install this module in windows

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Re: installing CPAN module in active perl by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 23, 2006 at 07:51 UTC
See A Guide to Installing Modules. But I'm not sure that X11::GUITest will work on Windows, as Windows does not have an X11 server, and X11 is usually used on Unixish operating systems. But if you have an X11 server installed, that will maybe do what you want. Upon further inspection, the X11::GUITest module needs a working C compiler installed. So you should look for a premade ppm or install the matching C compiler for your Perl.	[reply]

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Re: installing CPAN module in active perl
by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 23, 2006 at 07:51 UTC

See A Guide to Installing Modules. But I'm not sure that X11::GUITest will work on Windows, as Windows does not have an X11 server, and X11 is usually used on Unixish operating systems. But if you have an X11 server installed, that will maybe do what you want. Upon further inspection, the X11::GUITest module needs a working C compiler installed. So you should look for a premade ppm or install the matching C compiler for your Perl.

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