On 27 Jan 2004 at 19:35, Suresh Govindachar wrote: > Hello, > > On windows, the following modules > > Module-ScanDeps-0.39 > PAR-Dist-0.07 > > can be installed using "nmake install"; however, > after such an install, typing "ppm query *" does not > find list them as installed. > > A) Why can't ppm find these "nmake install"ed packages? >
I think you will find that any module installed manually with nmake will not be reported by ppm as installed. nmake does not update ppm info and that's not just for PAR modules. > B) Also, "ppm install PAR" results in installing very old versions: > > Module-ScanDeps [0.38] > PAR [0.75] > PAR-Dist [0.06] > When I search ppm, I get an even older version of PAR reported (0.63). It depends on the version of ActiveState you are running. In general, ppm only reports the latest version available in their repository, which is frequently not the latest of something on CPAN (especially with a fast evolving app like PAR). > Why (this apparent incompatibility between PAR-related modules > and ppm? > > --Suresh > If you want the latest and greatest of PAR, the only guaranteed place is from http://par.perl.org. Also a reminder, you don't need a C compiler to install or run PAR/pp. That's what the pre-compiled .par file is for. Alan Stewart
