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Re^2: Can't find packages for Strawberry Perl (e.g., Win32::AdminMisc, etc)
by EigenFunctions (Beadle) on Nov 05, 2013 at 21:21 UTC
    When I try to install from CPAN, I get:

    Stopping: 'install' failed for 'Win32::AdminMisc'. Could not read metadata file. Falling back to other methods to determi +ne prerequisites Failed during this command: DAVEROTH/Win32_AdminMisc_Source_980511.zip : writemakefile NO -- Pa +ckage contains several files[adminbuild.h adminmisc.cpp ADMINMISC.DEF + ADMINMISC.H ADMINMISC.PM ADMINMISC.RC DNS.CPP DNS.H README resource. +h TEST.PL] but no Makefile.PL or Build.PL; not recognized as a perl p +ackage, giving up

    I tried to go to the Dave Roth website, but the links to the *.pm files are dead.

    Can anyone help?

    Thanks,

    EigenFunctions

        I downloaded the source and thanks. But, it's not clear to me, a user of Perl, not a developer of Perl packages, how to compile it for Strawberry Perl.

        I have the ActiveState package installed on another machine - is it possible to use those installation files for Strawberry Perl?

        Thanks,

        EigenFunctions