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Huh. Is there any way to get around that? What process does the CPAN shell do when installing the module?
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Re^4: "Lag" of modules in ActiveState ?
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 06, 2008 at 04:07 UTC

    The procedure to install most modules is 

    perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

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    These or alternate instructions are usually present in the README file in the distribution. It's no exception here.

    Note that if a compiler is required (as is the case for this distribution), it needs to be compatible with the one used to build Perl. Since the OP is using an ActiveState perl distribution, he'll need to use a compiler compatible with the one ActiveState used, namely Visual Studio 6. Note that Visual Studio's make tool is called nmake.

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      use a compiler compatible with the one ActiveState used, namely Visual Studio 6

      Hmmm ... not entirely sure that I understand the point correctly. You can use the MinGW compiler with ActivePerl to build Win32-OLE-0.1709. You might also be able to use Visual Studio 7, Visual Studio 8, and Visual Studio 9 - I haven't tested any of those, however.

      Note that Visual Studio's make tool is called nmake

      That's correct - but you can also use dmake with ActivePerl (and with Visual Studio, too, I think).

      There's an elaboration at Compiling C/C++ based Modules under ActiveState using MinGW for anyone interested

      Cheers,
      Rob
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        MinGW is compatible, yes. I am under the impression that other versions of VS aren't. Correct me if I'm wrong. Confirmation if I'm right would also be appreciated.
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