Re^3: A Guide to Installing Modules

Sorry for missing the point of your tutorial and thanks for your patience and reply.

Enum appeared to install ok as follows:

C:\enum\enum-1.016>perl makefile.pl
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for enum

C:\enum\enum-1.016>nmake
WARNING:  missing nmake.err; displaying error numbers without messages
+.

cp enum.pm blib\lib\enum.pm

C:\enum\enum-1.016>nmake test
WARNING:  missing nmake.err; displaying error numbers without messages
+.
C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, '
+bl
ib\lib', 'blib\arch')" t\dot_dot.t t\new_index.t t\new_package.t t\new
+_tag.t t\s
imple_tags.t
t\dot_dot........ok
t\new_index......ok
t\new_package....ok
t\new_tag........ok
t\simple_tags....ok
All tests successful.
Files=5, Tests=14,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.00 cusr +  0.00 csys =  0.00 
+CPU)
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It installed itself here:

Directory of C:\perl\site\lib\win32\ole

01/06/2004  12:15             2,839 Enum.pm
               1 File(s)          2,839 bytes
               0 Dir(s)   8,706,207,744 bytes free
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But installing Win32::Rase produced:

C:\win32-RASE\Win32-RASE-1.01>perl makefile.pl
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Warning: prerequisite Win32::API 0 not found.
Warning: prerequisite enum 1.014 not found.
Writing Makefile for Win32::RASE
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Is the difference between enum 1.014 and enum 1.016 significant?

I noticed that Win32::API was also not found.

I have Win32API::File, Win32API::Net and Win32API::Registry. I downloaded Win32::API from CPAN.

C:\Win32-API-0.41>perl makefile.pl
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Win32::API::Callback
Writing Makefile for Win32::API

C:\Win32-API-0.41>nmake

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.

cp Type.pm blib\lib\Win32/API/Type.pm
cp Callback.pm blib\lib\Win32/API/Callback.pm
cp Struct.pm blib\lib\Win32/API/Struct.pm
cp API.pm blib\lib\Win32/API.pm
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap C:\
+Perl\lib\E
xtUtils\typemap  Callback.xs > Callback.xsc && C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -M
+ExtUtils::
Command -e mv Callback.xsc Callback.c
        cl -c    -nologo -Gf -W3 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DWIN32 -D_CONSO
+LE -DNO_ST
RICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_I
+MPLICIT_SY
S -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1    -DVERSION
+=\"0.41\"
 -DXS_VERSION=\"0.41\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   Callback.c
'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0x1'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0x2'
Stop.
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Does this mean I need a C compiler?

Sorry to be a pain.

Note: I found and moved nmake.err into the path.

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Re^4: A Guide to Installing Modules by tachyon (Chancellor) on Jul 30, 2004 at 16:42 UTC
I don't know why Enum.pm installed in the wrong location, actually I am almost certain it did not. The module you are installing is enum.pm not Enum.pm for a start. Did you do the nmake install? When I do it this is what it says..... `[snip, following the tests we do.....] C:\enum-1.016>nmake install Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved. Skipping D:\Perl\site\lib\enum.pm (unchanged) Writing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\enum\.packlist Appending installation info to D:\Perl\lib/perllocal.pod C:\enum-1.016>` [download] So you can see where it goes. You can just cut and paste the enum.pm module to \perl\site\lib\enum.pm and it will work but I am certain you forgot the install step as on my system there is enum.pm as noted and Enum.pm in Win32\OLE\Enum.pm :-) Don't know why you don't have Win32::API if you have ActiveState Perl (you did say you were using ppm). cl is the M$ C compiler and you do need it to compile source that contains C. I have a tutorial on setting that up as well but you need access to MSVCC. However Win32::API is available as a ppm so all you need to do is: `C:\>ppm install Win32::API Installing package 'Win32-API'... Downloading http://ppm.ActiveState.com/PPMPackages/5.6plus/MSWin32-x86 +-multi-thread/Win32-API-0.41.tar.gz ...` [download] cheers tachyon	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: A Guide to Installing Modules by wfsp (Abbot) on Jul 30, 2004 at 17:53 UTC
Phew! I've installed a module from CPAN and used it to dialup a connection! I was sure that Re: Installing Perl on a Windows PC was wrong. Now I'm not so sure. As soon as I get under the bonnet it's like a big black hole. I did notice this though: `C:\Win32-RASE-1.01>nmake test Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved. C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe "-Iblib\lib" "-Iblib\arch" test.pl 1..6 ok 1 not ok 2 ok 3 ok 4 ok 5 not ok 6` [download] Is it safe to ignore? Many thanks for your help btw, I thought your black hole looked a bit white!	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: A Guide to Installing Modules by tachyon (Chancellor) on Jul 31, 2004 at 02:19 UTC
Is it safe to ignore? The test come from test.pl in the root dir or t/test_name.t In this case they are from test.pl. Have a look at test.pl, read the tests, see what they are trying to test, decide if that matters to you. If it does fix the source. cheers tachyon	[reply]


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