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in thread installing win32 in perl 5.8.4

Since I was installing through CPAN, when should I type the command, perl makefile.pl?

In CPAN, I typed in

install Win32

And got the error in the end before it called makefile.pl. Thanks

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Re^3: installing win32 in perl 5.8.4
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 07, 2004 at 21:52 UTC
    Dunno about Win32 (although it's already installed if you're using ActiveState), but it doesn't look like you can't use cpan to install Win32::Serialport, because it has a nonstandard installation instructions. Just do it from the prompt.

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      Hi,

      Okay, Let me try the install from the prompt. Where can I find the zip file for Win32::SerialPort?

      Thanks.

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        On. Cpan.
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