Re^2: Problem installing modules on Windows 7 64bit build (Active Perl 2.12.4)

Thanks BrowserUK, a relief to know I wasn't doing something stupid. Had actually come across that AS code/faq chart yesterday but didn't realise what it meant! Back to 32bit for now. Regards, Tom

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Re^3: Problem installing modules on Windows 7 64bit build (Active Perl 2.12.4) by syphilis (Archbishop) on Sep 20, 2011 at 07:33 UTC
Back to 32bit for now It probably should be mentioned that, once you install a mingw64 compiler, you can use that compiler with 64-bit ActivePerl by installing ExtUtils::FakeConfig. (It's just ActiveState's automated integration of mingw that's broken for the x64 builds.) In addition to sourceforge, there's also a few mingw64 compilers available from the Strawberry Perl project. Specifically, you could take the link to 64_gcctoolchain and download one of the ~30Mb zip files. There's also some useful pre-built external libraries to be found in the 64 libs folder. (However, reverting to a 32-bit perl on your 64-bit box is not something you should fret about, IMHO.) Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^4: Problem installing modules on Windows 7 64bit build (Active Perl 2.12.4) by Anonymous Monk on Sep 20, 2011 at 07:48 UTC
That what I love about Strawberryperl project, great sitemap /sarcasm, all you have to do is wait X years for someone to post a link on perlmonks :)	[reply]