Text::Summarizer fails on Windows 10

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I am trying to install on Windows 10, Strawberryperl v5.28.1, the module Text::Summarizer. I get the following - for my knowledge - strange error. Do you know what can I do to solve this issue?

cpanm Text::Summarizer
--> Working on Text::Summarizer
Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/F/FA/FAELIN/Text-Summarizer-2.
+01.tar.gz ... OK
Could not create directory 'C:\Users\TE\.cpanm\work\1610820965.16324\T
+ext-Summarizer-2.01\Corpus\written\newspaper:newswire' for 'Text-Summ
+arizer-2.01/Corpus/written/newspaper:newswire': mkdir C:\Users\TE\.cp
+anm\work\1610820965.16324\Text-Summarizer-2.01\Corpus\written\newspap
+er:.: Invalid argument; Die Syntax fłr den Dateinamen, Verzeichnisnam
+en oder die Datentrőgerbezeichnung ist falsch at C:/Strawberry/perl/l
+ib/Archive/Tar.pm line 819.
 at C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\cpanm.bat line 132.
Could not extract 'Text-Summarizer-2.01/Corpus/written/newspaper:newsw
+ire' at C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\cpanm.bat line 132.
==> Found dependencies: Module::Build
Found Module::Build 0.4231 which doesn't satisfy 2.01.
! Installing the dependencies failed: Installed version (0.4224) of Mo
+dule::Build is not in range '2.01'
! Bailing out the installation for Text-Summarizer-2.01.
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Re: Text::Summarizer fails on Windows 10 (updated) by haukex (Archbishop) on Jan 16, 2021 at 18:40 UTC
There seem to be some errors in the distribution, for example `Build.PL` contains `configure_requires => { 'Module::Build' => 2.01 }`, which is incorrect and the source of the second error, and the archive contains some filenames that are invalid on Windows; that's the source of the first error. ~~Though I haven't tested this~~, you could attempt a manual install, by downloading the distribtion from Text::Summarizer, using an unpacking tool of your choice and skipping or renaming the offending files in the "Corpus" folder, and then using the manual "`perl Makefile.PL; make; make test; make install`" procedure. Update: Tested on Strawberry Perl 5.32. Unpacked the module's `.tar.gz` with 7-Zip, ran `cpanm Algorithm::CurveFit Lingua::Stem List::AllUtils Moo Types::Standard Text::Markup`, `perl Makefile.PL`, `gmake`, ~~`gmake test`~~ (didn't work), and `gmake install`, and at least the module appears to have been installed ok. Whether the module is working correctly is something you'll have to test yourself...	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Text::Summarizer fails on Windows 10 by perl-diddler (Chaplain) on Jan 17, 2021 at 04:23 UTC
It seems to be stopping in mkdir with last item being 'newspaper:newswire'. The colon can't be used on Native Windows. You might be able to get it to work on Cygwin's perl, as it handles / allows colons in file names.	[reply]


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