Re: Problem installing modules on Windows 7 64bit build (Active Perl 2.12.4)

Which distribution of Perl are you using? (Strawberry, ActiveState, etc.)

Since you mentioned PPM, I'm going to assume that you're using ActiveState's ActivePerl. In that case, there's a PPM utility that was installed when Perl was installed. Run the PPM utility to install mingw, which will install that and dmake. Once that's installed, you should be able to install packages via CPAN.

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Re^2: Problem installing modules on Windows 7 64bit build (Active Perl 2.12.4) by oldiebutgoodie (Initiate) on Sep 19, 2011 at 18:11 UTC
Yes, it is Active State When I try "ppm install minGW" as you suggested, I get a msg "can't find any package that provides minGW". Must be missing some obvious step.	[reply]
Re^3: Problem installing modules on Windows 7 64bit build (Active Perl 2.12.4) by dasgar (Priest) on Sep 19, 2011 at 21:03 UTC
I hesitate to say anything that contradicts what BrowserUk posts since I usually find out that I'm wrong. However, I'll share what I have been able to do. In both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7, here's what I have been able to successfully do with 32-bit ActivePerl 5.12. Launch the PPM in GUI mode and install mingw (PPM will also install dmake). That installs without complaint. Considering that aftewards on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 I was able to install modules via the cpan utility (e.g.: `cpan install PAR::Packer`) which seems to invoke dmake, I'm assuming that mingw and dmake were installed and were working properly. However, based on the link in BrowserUk's post, I'm guessing that I might eventually hit a problem with doing the above on a 64-bit Windows with 32-bit ActivePerl. Anyways, just wanted to share what I have "successfully" been able to do.	[reply] [d/l]