need help bootstrapping perl tools

[awingnut]

It has become apparent that just installing a version of perl is insufficient. Adding various packages is essential but the methods to do so are dependent on already having them. Many packages don't seem to have a PPM option but instead require nmake. That is fine for Unix but with windows nmake does not exist. CPAN has their quickinstall but again to get quicklinstall I need nmake (if I had nmake I wouldn't need quickinstall) as I cannot find a PPM option for it.

So the question is, under windows, how does one get the tools to install packages without having the tools in the first place? TIA.

 

[chazoid]

nmake.exe is a windows program... when you run 'perl makefile.pl' it should download it from microsoft automatically and put it in your perl/bin directory.
I don't have much experience installing packages from cpan this way, but I have done it and have been successful.
the readme file that comes with the package should give instructions.. usually goes like this -

change to the directory containing makefile.pl, then..
c:\>perl makefile.pl
c:\>nmake

 

[chazoid]

oh, then -
nmake install (I think)

here's a link to download nmake

http://download.microsoft.com/download/vc15/Patch/1.52/W95/EN-US/nmake.exe

 

[chazoid]

oops.. sorry, that's supposed to be:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/vc15/Patch/1.52/W95/EN-US/nmake15.exe

 

[PaulTEG]

Please check the FAQ section

Look for misbarbell's tips on PPM, and CPAN

Regards
--Paul

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