On Mar 5, 4:39 pm, dpchr...@holgerdanske.com (David Christensen) wrote: > Shlomi Fish wrote: > > Actually, Strawberry Perl is preferable over AS Perl: > >http://strawberryperl.com/
Shlomi, If using AS, then simply install MinGW which gives you the missing compiler and proper cpan setup. After that, AFAIK you'll have the same functionality as Strawberry. http://www.mingw.org/wiki/HOWTO_Install_the_MinGW_GCC_Compiler_Suite Likewise, if using Strawberry, you can install the PPM module. Although, I don't know if it provides the GUI interface; it may only use the command line. I've not used Strawberry, but given the above info, why is Strawberry preferred? > > From memory, AS makes (commercial) Perl tools for creating stand-alone > Windows executables and single-file Windows Installer packages. I also > recall a Perl .NET toolchain. Does Strawberry Perl have any of these > capabilities? Must Strawberry Perl be installed first on end-users' > machines? You can install PAR::Packer and use the pp utility to package standalone executables. However, that may not be as good as the commercial AS tools. > > It's my understanding that Strawberry Perl provides a C compiler and a > working CPAN environment. This is well and good for pure Perl > applications, but I also write Perl software that drives GNU > command-line tools (ssh, tar, gzip, rsync, etc.) and/or is driven by > other GNU tools and/or Apache. I have found Win32 binaries for some of > the pieces, but only Cygwin seems to have everything I need. How does a > Strawberry Perl developer deal with these cases? I've never found the need to use cygwin. If cpan doesn't have the required module, or if you really need the *nix tool, then install the Windows port of the *nix GNU tools. http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
