Installing Catalyst::Runtime on Windows

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

I'm having trouble installing Catalyst::Runtime on Windows (Vista) using ppm with Activestate perl 5.8.9 (build 826). I get the following error message from ppm:

C:\>ppm install Catalyst-Runtime
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ppm install failed: Can't find any package that provides namespace::cl
+ean version 0.13 for Catalyst-Runtime
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I verified that namespace::clean version 0.13 is installed. Not sure what this message means and what it's looking for. Has anyone run into this in the past? TIA

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Re: Installing Catalyst::Runtime on Windows by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 12, 2010 at 22:15 UTC
I verified that namespace::clean version 0.13 is installed. How? cause `ppm` seems to think it's not, which probably means Perl thinks it's not. What does the following output? `perl -e"use namespace::clean 99"` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Installing Catalyst::Runtime on Windows by roho (Bishop) on Mar 12, 2010 at 22:32 UTC
Here's what I get, which is what I expected: `C:\>perl -e"use namespace::clean 99" namespace::clean version 99 required--this is only version 0.13 at -e +line 1. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1.` [download] "Its not how hard you work, its how much you get done."	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Installing Catalyst::Runtime on Windows by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 12, 2010 at 23:16 UTC
That's weird. I can't install namespace::clean (t/07-debugger.t fails), but it seems you managed to install a number of modules not available via the usual ppm (as far as I know). Why can't you use the same method to install Catalyst-Runtime?	[reply]
Re: Installing Catalyst::Runtime on Windows by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Mar 13, 2010 at 05:04 UTC
I googled it, and it seems that a lot of people have a similar problem. Here's an article that suggests installing Catalyst::Runtime via the ppm GUI.	[reply]
Re^2: Installing Catalyst::Runtime on Windows by roho (Bishop) on Mar 13, 2010 at 18:32 UTC
Thanks for the link. I was able to use ppm in GUI mode to install Catalyst::Runtime as well as Catalyst::Devel. It is very strange why ppm in command line mode refused to install them. "Its not how hard you work, its how much you get done."	[reply]
Re^3: Installing Catalyst::Runtime on Windows by Anonymous Monk on Nov 19, 2019 at 13:41 UTC
https://brunorc.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/catalyst-is-easy-installation-on-windows/ This link shows an alternate way to solve the windows installation failed issue.	[reply]