On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 18:07, Rob Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > In their endless search for money, Microsoft don't supply a C compiler, > assembler, or linker with any version of Windows in the last twenty years or > so. > Also, because of several deliberate decisions to make people pay for as much > as > possible, it is difficult and awkward to get CPAN working on a Windows > platform. > > Microsoft's 'nmake' is available for free, but some versions have been more > compatible with standard modules than others, and in any case, as there is > still > no C compiler, on its own it is a solution only for pure Perl modules. > > Depending on what version of perl you have installed there may be tidier ways > of > installing modules on your machine. If you have ActivePerl then ppm is your > answer, but there will still be no 'Expect' module available as it is very > tied > to the Unix architecture. > > You have reached a dead end I'm afraid, but remember that vanilla Net::SSH > should work fine on your platform. snip
You can actually get the Visual C/C++ compiler for free from Microsoft (see the link in my last email). The general answer, though, seems to be to use Strawberry Perl instead of ActiveState Perl. Strawberry Perl comes with its own compiler and version of make. -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
