----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan S. Haigh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > In the end, the way I installed EU::MM-6.30_04 into build 638 was to create > > the directory 'D:/foo' and then run: > > > > perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=D:/foo > > nmake test (Test 4 of build_man.t failed, but I ignored that) > > nmake install > > > > Then I copied the 'D:/foo/bin' and 'D:/foo/lib' to 'E:/Perl638', accepting > > all prompts to overwrite existing files. Now I have EU::MM-6.30_04 installed > > in build 638 (perl 5.6.1) of ActiveState perl: > > > > E:\>perl -MExtUtils::MakeMaker -e "print $], \" \", > > $ExtUtils::MakeMaker::VERSION" > > 5.006001 6.30_04 > > > > And that has also given me version 1.42 of EU::Install: > > > > E:\>perl -MExtUtils::Install -e "print $ExtUtils::Install::VERSION" > > 1.41 > > > Wow, this is a mess! Yep - it's a little messy - but then it's a scenario that arises very rarely. (It's the first time I've ever had to resort to such a technique.) If you can find a way of first installing EU::Install-1.41 separately, then you'll be able to install EU::MM-6.30 using CPAN. > I started with AS Perl 5.6.1 since PPM4 in AS Perl 5.8.8 seems to be in a bit of a mess from my little experience of using it the other day - it was reporting that it would downgrade a module that wasn't installed and from a version number that didn't exist! There is also talk about having Perl 5.6.1 as minimum for future versions of Bioperl, but it seems to have taken me off at a tangent :o( > I think you would be better with perl 5.8.8. You just need to sort out that PPM4 problem first - which would best be done by posting to the PPM mailing list. PPM is usually reliable and trouble-free. PPM4 is a recent release. Perhaps there's a teething problem there and you need to resort to PPM3. I think the best thing to do is to see what the experts say. Cheers, Rob
