On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 09:31:47PM +1100, John wrote: > Following a lead in another list, I have just this weekend discovered > PAR. > > I have downloaded the binaries file > PAR-0.65-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.6.1.par.zip which unpacks to this:
You do not need to do that.
> There doesn't seem to be an obvious automated install process included
> (ie Makefile.pl) so I thought I must have done something wrong. Before I
> attempt to manually install (manually copy files in to Perl tree)
Although it would work, it's not encouraged.
> I thought I should ask how I should have done this.
>
> I don't have MS VC++, which is why I opted for binaries. I have
> ActiveState Perl 5.6.1.633 on Windows XP.
The correct way to install PAR is to simply download it from CPAN:
http://search.cpan.org/~autrijus/PAR/
extract the tarball, and run
perl Makefile.PL
nmake
nmake test
nmake install
it should automagically take care of all dependencies, and need no
nmake or VC++ exist on your system prior to install. Let me know
if it does not work for you.
P.S.: If your machine is behind a firewall that blocks FTP, you may
place the PAR-0.65-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.6.1.par (without .zip
extension -- I sense bad mozilla magic here) under the PAR-0.65/
directory, and run 'perl Makefile.PL' again.
Eventually you should be able to install a .par file from the
autogenerated Build.PL inside it, but it's not yet the case.
Thanks,
/Autrijus/
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