Have you run the vcvars32.bat script? This sets up various environment variables, including INCLUDE which tells where to look for include files.
I'm using VS 6. On my box the file is in ...\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Bin\vcvars32. Regards, Leigh. -----Original Message----- From: the.noonings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 July 2004 15:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Trouble installing PAR 0.85 on Windows XP I still cannot install PAR 0.85 in Windows XP Pro, perl v5.8.4. I have the prebuilt binary 07/03/2004 09:03 AM 876,426 PAR-0.85-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8.4.par I did nmake clean, then switched to a cygwin box (for the unzip function) and did $ unzip PAR-0.85-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8.4.par Be aware that "nmake clean" wipes out script/parl.exe script/parldyn.exe so the prebuilt binary needs unzipped again after an nmake clean. Anyway, I then switched back to the Windows command prompt and did C:\Documents and Settings\malcolm\My Documents\temp\PAR-0.85\PAR>perl Makefile.PL *** ExtUtils::AutoInstall version 0.59 *** Checking for dependencies... [Core Features] - File::Temp ...loaded. (0.14 >= 0.05) - Compress::Zlib ...loaded. (1.33 >= 1.16) - Archive::Zip ...loaded. (1.06 >= 1) - Module::ScanDeps ...loaded. (0.46 >= 0.45) - PAR::Dist ...loaded. (0.06 >= 0.06) [Windows --icon and --info support] - Parse::Binary ...loaded. (0.06 >= 0.04) - Win32::Exe ...loaded. (0.08 >= 0.04) *** ExtUtils::AutoInstall configuration finished. Checking if your kit is complete... Warning: the following files are missing in your kit: script/parl.exe script/parldyn.exe Please inform the author. Note (probably harmless): No library found for oldnames.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for libc.lib Writing Makefile for the par.exe program Writing Makefile for PAR C:\Documents and Settings\malcolm\My Documents\temp\PAR-0.85\PAR>nmake Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved. c:\perl\bin\perl.exe .\file2c.pl C:\Perl\bin\perl58.dll my_perl.c load_me_0 0 30000 cl -c -Zm1000 -nologo -GF -W3 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_ SEED -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_LIBC_READFIX -I"C:\Perl\lib\CORE" main.c main.c C:\perl\lib\CORE\perl.h(380) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'sys/types.h': No such file or directory NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0x2' Stop. NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0x2' Stop. ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Web site: http://www.transoft.com Offices also in Atlanta GA, San Diego CA and Dayton OH in the USA. Transoft - evolving new solutions from existing applications - delivering improved business processes faster, with less risk, and at lower cost. To receive copies of 'Headlines' - our email information newsletter - please click the link below http://www.transoft.com/contact/headlines_signup.htm The information in this email is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain proprietary or confidential material. If you have received this email in error, please reply to the sender advising him/her of same and permanently delete it. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any retention, review, disclosure, distribution, copying, printing, dissemination, or the taking of any action in reliance upon, or other use of it is strictly prohibited and without liability on our part. The contents of this message may contain personal views and/or opinions which are not necessarily the views of Transoft, and for which Transoft takes no responsibility. We make reasonable attempts to exclude any virus, or any other defect which might affect any IT system, from this email and any attachments, but it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that they are virus free and we accept no liability for any loss or damage arising in any way from their receipt or use. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
