Get NMAKE U1077 error when installing Tk Module 804.029

ddEpic has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have Strawberry Perl installed on Win7 laptop. I tried to manually install the Tk Module (since the Corporate Network I am connected to blocks the FTP Port) on my laptop, but it failed when I ran the NMAKE command. The error I got was:

syntax error at -e line 1, near "'755')
"
Missing right curly or square bracket at -e line 1, at end of line
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0xff'
Stop.
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Here are lines 748 to 769 from the Makefile file that Makefile.PL generated for the Tk install (Tk-804.029):



# --- MakeMaker linkext section:

linkext :: $(LINKTYPE)
    $(NOECHO) $(NOOP)


# --- MakeMaker dlsyms section:

Tk.def: Makefile.PL
    $(PERLRUN) -MExtUtils::Mksymlists \
     -e "Mksymlists('NAME'=>\"Tk\", 'DLBASE' => '$(BASEEXT)', 'DL_FUNC
+S' => {  }, 'FUNCLIST' => [], 'IMPORTS' => {  }, 'DL_VARS' => []);"


# --- MakeMaker dynamic section:

dynamic :: $(FIRST_MAKEFILE) $(INST_DYNAMIC) $(INST_BOOT)
    $(NOECHO) $(NOOP)
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Any ideas what I can do to fix this error so I can get Tk successfully installed on my laptop? Thanks for your time and consideration, dd

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Re: Get NMAKE U1077 error when installing Tk Module 804.029 by Corion (Patriarch) on May 23, 2011 at 07:04 UTC
Strawberry Perl comes with and is configured for `dmake`, not `nmake`. The tools use a different syntax. I recommend you try using `dmake` instead of `nmake`: `perl Makefile.PL dmake dmake test dmake install` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Get NMAKE U1077 error when installing Tk Module 804.029 by ddEpic (Initiate) on May 23, 2011 at 12:22 UTC
@Corion: Thank you so very much! Your recommendation was spot-on! Tk successfully installed and I even ran a simple test case in a (Strawberry) perl script just now and it worked like a champ! Many, many thanks for all your help. dd	[reply]
Re^3: Get NMAKE U1077 error when installing Tk Module 804.029 by proton-69 (Novice) on Jul 26, 2011 at 23:33 UTC
Same thing applies for active state perl too. dmake also comes as default package in activestate perl too.	[reply]