Problem installing Apache Lucy

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

Hi, I need to install Apache Lucy, so I tried from Cpan using the command "install Lucy", but it fails: "Make had returned bad status...".
So I tried to make it, and: "Could not make: Unknown error".
Then, I typed "look Lucy" and I tried to do "perl Makefile.PL", but there isn't any Makefile, so I used "perl Build.pl", and following : "Build", but it crashes, with the following errors:

core\Lucy\Store\FSDirHandle.c: In function `lucy_FSDH_do_open':
core\Lucy\Store\FSDirHandle.c:198: error: invalid operands to binary >
+>
core\Lucy\Store\FSDirHandle.c:198: error: invalid operands to binary &
core\Lucy\Store\FSDirHandle.c:212: error: invalid operands to binary >
+>
core\Lucy\Store\FSDirHandle.c:212: error: invalid operands to binary &
core\Lucy\Store\FSDirHandle.c: In function `lucy_FSDH_close':
core\Lucy\Store\FSDirHandle.c:269: error: invalid operands to binary &
core\Lucy\Store\FSDirHandle.c:269: error: invalid operands to binary &
error building dll file from 'core/Lucy/Store/FSDirHandle.c' at C:/str
+awberl/lib/ExtUtils/CBuilder/Platform/Windows.pm line 130.
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I have WXP, perl 5.10.1. Any idea to solve that? Thanks!
Does anyone worked with Apache Lucene or similar? I need to index XML files and then make searchs using the index. Thanks!

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Re: Problem installing Apache Lucy by moritz (Cardinal) on Jun 29, 2011 at 09:43 UTC
I don't know the solution to your problem, but I found the lucy-dev mailing list mentioned here to be very responsive and helpful. Perl 6 - second systems done right	[reply]
Re^2: Problem installing Apache Lucy by snake_ (Initiate) on Jun 29, 2011 at 09:53 UTC
Thanks for your help Moritz! I found something similar here, and I posted a comment. Keep looking for the solution.	[reply]
Re^3: Problem installing Apache Lucy by Anonymous Monk on Jun 29, 2011 at 11:12 UTC
It says edit core\Lucy\Store\FSDirHandle.c and replace INCREF with LUCY_INCREF DECREF with LUCY_DECREF FREEMEM with LUCY_FREEMEM That is a start, but it won't fix everything	[reply]
Re^4: Problem installing Apache Lucy by snake_ (Initiate) on Jun 29, 2011 at 12:36 UTC
Re^5: Problem installing Apache Lucy by Anonymous Monk on Jun 29, 2011 at 12:48 UTC
Re: Problem installing Apache Lucy by creamygoodness (Curate) on Jun 30, 2011 at 04:40 UTC
First, moritz++ for mentioning the Lucy mailing lists. I don't think any Lucy devs monitor Perlmonks that closely, but we do watch our own lists. Second, I've been hard at work this past week on Windows compatibility for Lucy, and have fixed a number of issues. I tested Lucy 0.1.0 with MSVC and a custom compiled Perl 5.10.0 prior to release, and it used to be the case that if I could get MSVC working, just about everything else would fall into place. However, it turns out that a significant number of fixes had to go in in order to support both Strawberry Perl and Cygwin. These fixes are nearly done -- Lucy svn trunk builds and tests clean with both Cygwin and ActivePerl/MSVC; Strawberry Perl is a few tweaks away. Once we have ActivePerl, Strawberry Perl and Cygwin building and testing clean, we expect to move towards an 0.1.1 release. I don't think it's worth your while to tweak out the current release until it builds -- there are just too many patches that have to be applied. However, if you'd like to test SVN trunk in the meantime, or test the 0.1.1 artifacts when we prepare and vote on them, that'd be great!	[reply]