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cpan fails with weird error Error: Unable to locate installed Perl libraries or Perl source code. It is recommended that you install perl in a standard location before building extensions. Some precompiled versions of perl do not contain these header files, so you cannot build extensions. In such a case, please build and install your perl from a fresh perl distribution. It usually solves this kind of problem. (You get this message, because MakeMaker could not find "D:\fbl_esc_bcd_tb\tools\perl\lib\CORE\perl.h") Running make test Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't test Running make install Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't install
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Re: How to install Devel::Cover on Active Perl 5.8.7
by Not_a_Number (Prior) on Aug 04, 2010 at 18:26 UTC

    Did you try ppm?

    Worked for me on v5.8.8.

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      i did not see a ppm module in there. How to install one
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        Well, if you have installed ActiveState Perl, ppm is (should be?) a utility that has installed itself by default.

        At the command line, type:

        ppm install Devel::Cover

        Let us know what happens.

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