Building the 'pp' module on windows.

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

Hi, I have searched on many forums and found that downloading of'pp' module fails using both CPAN and PPM , and i have faced the same issue when downloading. It just doesn't work, so i tried building it built still it fails due to some error.Below is my log, has anyone faced a similar kind of issue can help in debugging this problem?.

D:\temp\temp\PAR-Packer-1.013\PAR-Packer-1.013>perl Makefile.PL
Prototype mismatch: sub main::prompt: none vs ($;$) at C:/strawberry/p
+erl/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 219
Writing Makefile for par.exe
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
Writing Makefile for PAR::Packer
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json

D:\temp\temp\PAR-Packer-1.013\PAR-Packer-1.013>nmake

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

         C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe "-Minc::Module::Install" -e "
+extract_pa
r(q(PAR-Packer-1.013-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.12.3.par))"
to undefined at C:/strawberry/perl/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 1208
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0x2'
Stop.
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Re: Building the 'pp' module on windows. by daxim (Curate) on May 29, 2012 at 11:35 UTC
Strawberry Perl uses dmake, not nmake. Strawberry Perl comes with its own toolchain, that was the whole point of this distribution in the first place. Use the tools shipping with Strawberry Perl, not the ones you installed extra.	[reply]
Re: Building the 'pp' module on windows. by dasgar (Priest) on May 29, 2012 at 15:29 UTC
If I deciphered the messages in your post correctly, it looks like you're trying to install version 1.013 PAR::Packer on Strawberry Perl 5.12.3 (32-bit). Is that correct? To see if I could replicate your CPAN install issue, I tried to install PAR::Packer into portable Strawberry Perl 5.12.3.0 (32-bit) by typing the following: `cpan install PAR::Packer` On my first attempt, it installed all the prereq modules, but PAR::Packer itself failed. My second attempt, I tried the force flag (`cpan install -f PAR::Packer`). It installed just fine that time. Are you sure that you can't install PAR::Packer 1.013 via CPAN?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Building the 'pp' module on windows. by balajinagaraju (Sexton) on May 30, 2012 at 03:02 UTC
Hi , Thanks for your response , i was installing the 'pp' module not the PAR::Packer, and it failed through CPAN i haven't tried the force option i will probably try that and see if it works.	[reply]
Re^3: Building the 'pp' module on windows. by dasgar (Priest) on May 30, 2012 at 04:36 UTC
i was installing the 'pp' module not the PAR::Packer Hmmmm.....ok. Perhaps I don't know what I'm talking about, but pp is part of PAR::Packer and I personally don't know how to install pp without installing PAR::Packer, especially since the documentation of PAR::Packer states: Currently, this module is used by the command line tool pp internally, as well as by the contributed contrib/gui_pp/gpp program. Plus, it's been my experience that every time I've installed PAR::Packer, the pp utility has been installed. D:\temp\temp\PAR-Packer-1.013\PAR-Packer-1.013>perl Makefile.PL That's from your original post. Unless you modified Makefile.PL, it definitely looks like you're installing PAR::Packer to me. But if you still want to insist that you're installing pp and not PAR::Packer, then I think you might want to share how you're modifying the contents of PAR-Packer-1.013.tar.gz to install just pp without PAR::Packer. That will help others understand that you're needing help with your modified install instead of needing help with installing unmodified package from CPAN. Of course, if you feel that I have no clue about what I'm saying, please feel free to downvote my responses and/or ignore my attempts to offer assistance.	[reply]
Re^3: Building the 'pp' module on windows. by Anonymous Monk on May 30, 2012 at 03:19 UTC
Hi , Thanks for your response , i was installing the 'pp' module not the PAR::Packer You don't say :) http://search.cpan.org/perldoc/pp -> http://search.cpan.org/~rschupp/PAR-Packer-1.013/lib/pp.pm and it failed through CPAN i haven't tried the force option i will probably try that and see if it works. well, at minimum CPAN (even cpanp ) would know to use dmake	[reply]
Re^3: Building the 'pp' module on windows. by Anonymous Monk on Jun 11, 2012 at 15:16 UTC
PAR-Packer-1.013 will not install on strawberry perl - try patched version: http://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/perl-modules-patched/PAR-Packer-1.013_patched.tar.gz --kmx	[reply]
Re^4: Building the 'pp' module on windows. by Anonymous Monk on Jun 12, 2012 at 02:17 UTC
Re^5: Building the 'pp' module on windows. by Anonymous Monk on Aug 03, 2012 at 14:26 UTC
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Re^4: Building the 'pp' module on windows. by Anonymous Monk on Sep 23, 2012 at 09:06 UTC
Re: Building the 'pp' module on windows. by Anonymous Monk on May 29, 2012 at 11:32 UTC
use dmake not nmake	[reply]
Re: Building the 'pp' module on windows. by bojinlund (Monsignor) on May 29, 2012 at 12:34 UTC
I had a similar problem see Re: Problem installing Carp-1.25 under DWIM Perl.	[reply]


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