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cpan and windows2000

by Anonymous Monk

on May 29, 2002 at 02:21 UTC ( [id://169960]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml )

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

What do I do?
I am running perl 5.6.1 on a Win2k machine. I use Activestate's PPM to install my perl modules. What do I do when I want to install a module not in Activestate's database
I have tried CPAN.pm, it appears to download the file just fine, but when my script ((see below)) executes it fails on the test and makefile. What can I do?


use CPAN;

for $mod (qw(Mail::Address)){
        my $obj = CPAN::Shell->expand('Module',$mod);
        $obj->install;
    }
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Thanks in advance .. AM.

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Re: cpan and windows2000 by DigitalKitty (Parson) on May 29, 2002 at 02:59 UTC
What do I do when I want to install a module not in Activestate's database? Hi Anonymous Monk, I would try and use another repository ( see below ). As far as my module installation experience goes, CPAN is geared more toward *nix machines. This is another repository you could use: `http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/cgi-bin/ppmserver.pl?urn:/PPMServer` [download] Do you know how to change repositories? If not, do this: `set repository name URL example: set repository test http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg...` [download] More info can be found by perusing the ppm docs with: ppm help set Hope this helps, -Katie.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: cpan and windows2000 by Anonymous Monk on May 29, 2002 at 12:18 UTC
Katie, Thanks for the help! I set my repository to what you mentioned...... Searched for my sought after module...Found it .... but when I tried to install it I got an error message. What did I do wrong? `PPM>search Email-valid Packages available from http://theoryx5.uw.. PMServer: Email-Valid [0.13] Check validity of Internet email addresses PPM>install Email-Valid Install package 'Email-Valid?' (y/n): y Installing package 'email-Valid'... Error installing package 'Email-Valid': Read a PPD for 'Email-Valid', +but it is not intended for this build of Perl (MSWin32-x86-multi-thre +ad)` [download] What does this mean? Thanks.... AM	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: cpan and windows2000 by newrisedesigns (Curate) on May 29, 2002 at 12:41 UTC
The package you tried to install will not work with Windows, or the Intel x86 (PC) Architecture. The author has stated in the file that there are components in that module that will not work with Windows/x86. See This Page Check out this thread John J Reiser newrisedesigns.com	[reply]
Re: cpan and windows2000 by LD2 (Curate) on May 29, 2002 at 03:03 UTC
Take a look at perlmodinstall - it should walk you through installing CPAN modules. good luck!	[reply]
Re: cpan and windows2000 by newrisedesigns (Curate) on May 29, 2002 at 04:09 UTC
Download, uncompress, and put into the appropriate directory(ies). You can place them in %PerlDir%/site/lib/ModuleName It should work for most modules, with the exception of those with material that needs to be compiled. Hope this helps. John J Reiser newrisedesigns.com	[reply]
Re: cpan and windows2000 by LiTinOveWeedle (Scribe) on May 29, 2002 at 13:49 UTC
Almost all was written here, I can just suggest to check ActiveState docs: ActivePerl FAQ -- Modules & Samples -- How can I use modules from CPAN? Here is part of this step by step manual: How can I use modules from CPAN? As of version 5.005, ActivePerl supports the MakeMaker utility. This allows you to install modules from CPAN, but requires you to have a make utility, such as nmake or dmake. Modules are generally distributed in gzipped tar files, such as Data-Dumper-2.08.tar.gz. However, ActivePerl includes the Perl Package Manager (PPM), a utility that allows you to install modules, including modules that contain binary extensions. You should consider using PPM to install a module, as this greatly simplifies the management of modules. Nevertheless, there are times when it is necessary to build a module from source. Typically, an installation session goes something like this: Extract the module. This creates a directory based on the name of the archive. gzip -d -c Data-Dumper-2.08.tar.gz \| tar xvf - Change directory to the module's directory. cd Data-Dumper-2.08 Consult the README file. more < README Run the Makefile.PL script. This uses the MakeMaker module to build a makefile you can build the extension with. perl Makefile.PL Run your make utility. This prepares the module for installation, and compiles any extension if one is present. nmake If this module has tests, run them. nmake test If the tests succeeded, install the module. nmake install See Where can I find Win32 ports of UNIX tools? for information on the availability of tools like gzip and tar. Where do I get make for Win32? Nmake is a 'make' like program for Win32 systems by Microsoft. It is available from ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/nmake15.exe Hope that this will help you. Regards Li Tin O've Weedle mad Tsort's philosopher	[reply]
Re: cpan and windows2000 by Jenda (Abbot) on May 29, 2002 at 12:25 UTC
Quite some time ago I wrote an article on this for PerlMonth. You may find it here. Some of the links are dead, but it should give you some hints. (Though it definitely needs to be updated.) Basicaly I believe you are missing either nmake or the C compiler. Or you have a different compiler than the one specified in c:\perl\lib\Config.pm. Jenda	[reply]

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