I've never installed Perl using the "install.bat" but when you use the
Windows Installer the ActivePerl Documentation gets installed and the
Win32FAQ #9 tells you exactly how to do this:
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:
1.. 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 -
2.. Change directory to the module's directory.
cd Data-Dumper-2.08
3.. Consult the README file.
more < README
4.. Run the Makefile.PL script. This uses the MakeMaker module to build a
makefile you can build the extension with.
perl Makefile.PL
5.. Run your make utility. This prepares the module for installation, and
compiles any extension if one is present.
nmake
6.. If this module has tests, run them.
nmake test
7.. 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.
Hope this helps...
Kind regards,
Trevor J. Joerges
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 7:03 PM
Subject: Perl Moron seeks help!
| Yes, I know that sells that well <g>
|
| Looking at Perl, and had no trouble installing it (used the
| installer.bat, because I hate Windows Installer). But I've been
| trying to install modules using CPAN, such as Net::DNS and
| Mail::SpamAssasin.
|
| And none of them will install. Oh everything downloads and all, but
| just at the final moment of truth, PKZIP 2.5's HELP screen comes up
| (I don't even have PKZIP installed, and no refs to it in the
| registry), and the install fails. Note that PPM was able to install
| Net::DNS just dandy, but there's no PPD for SpamAssassin, so that
| wasn't helpful there.
|
| This MUST be an obvious dumb answer! I thought at first that it's
| calling PKZIp with parameters it doesn't understand (maybe it thinks
| it's calling info-zip's ZIP?) but info zip IS installed and PKZIP is NOT!
|
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