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

I am trying to port a perl program from linux to Windows, and it uses XML::XPath Trying to load it, most advice seems to be to use ppm, but AS doesn't seem to provide that anymore - is that right? And "pip install" fails, as I don't have a pip in the ASPerl installation. Trying to install it from CPAN gives lots of dmake errors like below.

As does "cpan install"; fails with: 

   "  MANWAR/XML-XPath-1.44.tar.gz
    E:\PLang\ActivePerl\bin\perl.exe Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site -- O
+K
    Running make for M/MA/MANWAR/XML-XPath-1.44.tar.gz
    x[91m[DMAKE] error: the following arguments are required: command.
+.[0m
    ...
    e:\Plang\Python\python36\scripts\dmake.exe -- NOT OK

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Lots of reports on this sort of thing, but I didn't find anything simple that works yet. Any hints? Should I dump AS perl and move to Strawberry? Please excuse any novice confusion here!

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Re: no ppm on ActiveState perl?
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jul 31, 2020 at 01:41 UTC
    but AS doesn't seem to provide that anymore

    Sadly, AS doesn't provide anything useful anymore ... wrt perl, at least.

    Should I dump AS perl and move to Strawberry?

    Yes, start using Strawberry Perl - where cpan -i XML::XPath works fine.

    Here's what I got with 64-bit Stawberry Perl -5.30.2: 
    C:\_64\strawberry-5.30.2>cpan -i XML::XPath
[skipping preamble and downloading of source] ...
Configuring M/MA/MANWAR/XML-XPath-1.44.tar.gz with Makefile.PL
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Generating a gmake-style Makefile
Writing Makefile for XML::XPath
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
  MANWAR/XML-XPath-1.44.tar.gz
  C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\bin\perl.exe Makefile.PL -- OK
Running make for M/MA/MANWAR/XML-XPath-1.44.tar.gz
cp lib/XML/XPath/Builder.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Builder.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/Node/Namespace.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Node\Namespace.p
+m
cp lib/XML/XPath/Expr.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Expr.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/LocationPath.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\LocationPath.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/Variable.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Variable.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/Node/PI.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Node\PI.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/Node.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Node.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/Step.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Step.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/PerlSAX.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\PerlSAX.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/Root.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Root.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/Parser.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Parser.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/Node/Attribute.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Node\Attribute.p
+m
cp lib/XML/XPath/NodeSet.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\NodeSet.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/Function.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Function.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/Boolean.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Boolean.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/Node/Comment.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Node\Comment.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/Node/Text.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Node\Text.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/Node/Element.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Node\Element.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/Number.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Number.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/Literal.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\Literal.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath.pm
cp lib/XML/XPath/XMLParser.pm blib\lib\XML\XPath\XMLParser.pm
"C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\bin\perl.exe" -MExtUtils::Comma
+nd -e cp -
- examples/xpath blib\script\xpath
pl2bat.bat blib\script\xpath
  MANWAR/XML-XPath-1.44.tar.gz
  gmake -- OK
CPAN: CPAN::DistnameInfo loaded ok (v0.12)
Running make test for MANWAR/XML-XPath-1.44.tar.gz
"C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\bin\perl.exe" "-MExtUtils::Comm
+and::MM" "
-MTest::Harness" "-e" "undef *Test::Harness::Switches; test_harness(0,
+ 'blib\lib
', 'blib\arch')" t/*.t
t/00load.t .................... 1/22 # Testing XML::XPath 1.44, Perl 5
+.030002, C
:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\bin\perl.exe
t/00load.t .................... ok
t/01basic.t ................... ok
t/02descendant.t .............. ok
t/03star.t .................... ok
t/04pos.t ..................... ok
t/05attrib.t .................. ok
t/06attrib_val.t .............. ok
t/07count.t ................... ok
t/08name.t .................... ok
t/09a_string_length.t ......... ok
t/09string_length.t ........... ok
t/10pipe.t .................... ok
t/11axischild.t ............... ok
t/12axisdescendant.t .......... ok
t/13axisparent.t .............. ok
t/14axisancestor.t ............ ok
t/15axisfol_sib.t ............. ok
t/16axisprec_sib.t ............ ok
t/17axisfollowing.t ........... ok
t/18axispreceding.t ........... ok
t/19axisd_or_s.t .............. ok
t/20axisa_or_s.t .............. ok
t/21allnodes.t ................ ok
t/22name_select.t ............. ok
t/23func.t .................... ok
t/24namespaces.t .............. ok
t/25scope.t ................... ok
t/26predicate.t ............... ok
t/27asxml.t ................... ok
t/28ancestor2.t ............... ok
t/29desc_with_predicate.t ..... ok
t/30lang.t .................... ok
t/31dots.t .................... ok
t/32duplicate_nodes.t ......... ok
t/33getnodetext.t ............. ok
t/34non_abbreviated_attrib.t .. ok
t/35namespace_uri.t ........... ok
t/36substring.t ............... ok
t/37concat.t .................. ok
t/38starts_with.t ............. ok
t/39contains.t ................ ok
t/40substring_before.t ........ ok
t/41substring_after.t ......... ok
t/42create_node.t ............. ok
t/43op_div.t .................. ok
t/44test_compare.t ............ ok
t/45cmp_nodeset.t ............. ok
t/46context.t ................. ok
t/47position.t ................ ok
t/48translate.t ............... ok
t/49literal.t ................. ok
t/50xmlxpathparsercache.t ..... ok
t/51elementname.t ............. ok
t/insert.t .................... ok
t/meta-json.t ................. skipped: Test::CPAN::Meta::JSON requir
+ed for tes
ting MYMETA.json
t/meta-yml.t .................. skipped: Test::CPAN::Meta required for
+ testing M
YMETA.yml
t/rdf.t ....................... ok
t/remove.t .................... ok
t/stress.t .................... ok
All tests successful.
Files=59, Tests=317, 11 wallclock secs ( 0.14 usr +  0.14 sys =  0.28 
+CPU)
Result: PASS
  MANWAR/XML-XPath-1.44.tar.gz
  gmake test -- OK
Running make install for MANWAR/XML-XPath-1.44.tar.gz
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\Bo
+olean.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\Bu
+ilder.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\Ex
+pr.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\Fu
+nction.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\Li
+teral.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\Lo
+cationPath.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\No
+de.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\No
+deSet.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\Nu
+mber.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\Pa
+rser.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\Pe
+rlSAX.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\Ro
+ot.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\St
+ep.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\Va
+riable.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\XM
+LParser.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\No
+de\Attribute.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\No
+de\Comment.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\No
+de\Element.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\No
+de\Namespace.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\No
+de\PI.pm
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\lib\XML\XPath\No
+de\Text.pm

Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\bin\xpath
Installing C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\site\bin\xpath.bat
Appending installation info to C:\_64\strawberry-vanilla-5.30.2\perl\l
+ib/perllocal.pod
  MANWAR/XML-XPath-1.44.tar.gz
  gmake install  -- OK

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    Cheers,
    Rob
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Re: no ppm on ActiveState perl?
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jul 31, 2020 at 18:05 UTC

    I have an ActiveState platform account and just built a project on Linux and Windows with Perl 5.28 and XML::XPath 1.44 (but I don't have a Windows machine to test).

    If you were to do this, start by forking the Perl 5.28 build.

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