Re^2: I post to Perlmonks anonymously...

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Re^3: I post to Perlmonks anonymously... by brig (Scribe) on Dec 07, 2006 at 03:43 UTC
I would have to say that we are all learning as we go. Some of us are learning at different levels no doubt but I have seen some sharp people asking questions on Perl Monks. In fact I will admit right here in front of everyone, I have never successfully installed anything from CPAN. Both times I have tried the $%#(& module wouldn't build. Of course except for the Excel and XML modules I've never actually needed anything off CPAN. In the Excel case I just did it in VBA (ugh). I've never had time to futz with it at work, and I have different interests after work. That is changing now, but CPAN is my boogey man. Laugh all you want, I feel so much more humble now; soon I will try again (when I am not under a deadline) and ask my fellow monks what I am doing wrong if it doesn't work... Update: (VBA is Visual Basic for Applications, it is used to control the Office Applications)	[reply]
Re^4: I post to Perlmonks anonymously... by demerphq (Chancellor) on Dec 07, 2006 at 12:30 UTC
Do you have VC installed? Do you have nmake installed? Did you file a bug report? --- $world=~s/war/peace/g	[reply]
Re^4: I post to Perlmonks anonymously... by qbxk (Friar) on Dec 11, 2006 at 15:24 UTC
yeah, cpan on windows is famously #$@#$%!-prone. you're probably missing the build utils, familiar tools on linux machines such as compilers and make you want the Visual C++ Express Edition, now found here (formerly known as Visual C++ Toolkit). oh and one more prerequisite to happy CPANing: good luck! It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you’re doin'. It's what you’re doin' when you’re doin' what you look like you’re doin'! - Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Express yourself	[reply]