Missing pp and par.pl. Activestate: PAR install issue.

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

Hello Monks,

Need your help again to install PAR.
My environment:
Windows XP SVC Pack 3,
Activestate Perl 5.8.9
GUI PPM: Version 4.0.4

I do not have a C compiler. I am trying to install PAR packer. The PPM shows it installed. I do have site/lib/par folder. However, there are no pp.bat or par.pl files.

I would appreciate your help.

Regards.

Ash

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Re: Missing pp and par.pl. Activestate: PAR install issue. by syphilis (Archbishop) on Mar 30, 2009 at 04:21 UTC
pp.bat and par.pl should be in either perl/bin or perl/site/bin. (Can you check on that ?) If they're in perl/site/bin, you might have to add that folder to your path - ie. perl/site/bin might not currently be in your path. Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^2: Missing pp and par.pl. Activestate: PAR install issue. by jujiro_eb (Sexton) on Mar 30, 2009 at 04:45 UTC
Hello Rob, Thanks for the reply. I figured it out. My Activestate repository was not showing PAR::Packer. It was only showing PAR, and by just installing PAR I did not get pp.bat or par.pl. I added bribes.org to the repository and Par::Packer showed up, which brought the missing files. Regards. Ash	[reply]