perumal has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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 nmake utility (nmake.exe) and tried to install the module but when i give nmake test i get the following error 

C:\Perl\X11-GUITest-0.20>nmake install

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.

        cl -c -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/X/include -Wall -O2    -DVER
+SION=\"0.20\"  -DXS_VERSION=\"0.20\"  -IC:\Perl\lib\CORE -DNDEBUG GUI
+Test.c
'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable pr
+ogram or batch file.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '
+0x1'
Stop.

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can anyone help me and illustrate as to why this occured and what is the solution for this?

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Re: installing CPAN module in active perl
by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 23, 2006 at 09:31 UTC

    Hello and welcome to the monastery!

    In my response to your earlier question, I mentioned that you will need to have a working C compiler installed to get this module to work. Windows tells you that you don't have a working C compiler. Also, the build process wants the X Window Libraries installed somewhere, so you will have to install some more items.

    If you are unfamiliar with the process of software installation, consider searching for a PPM of this module. Maybe you can tell us which problem you are trying to solve with this module, and maybe then we can suggest alternatives.

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Re: installing CPAN module in active perl
by Thelonius (Priest) on Feb 23, 2006 at 15:41 UTC
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