If you choose to use ActiveState Perl, you need to do "ppm install MinGW" first before you can do "cpan App::cpanminus".
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Rowan Sylvester-Bradley <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm pretty new to Perl, but now I need to install and use a Perl software > package (Daniel Klein's thermd). It requires a whole series of CPAN modules. > I'm using Windows 7. I have so far done the following: > > 1. Updated my ActiveState Perl installation to the latest version. > 2. In a command window opened using Run as Administrator, typed cpan > App::cpanminus > 3. Got a long list of log info containing many error messages and warnings, > the most interesting of which was probably several Access Denied messages. I > tried capturing the log into a file at > http://www.sylvester-bradley.org/rowan/docs/cpanminus.txt which shows the > following several times: > nmake -- NOT OK > Running make test > Can't test without successful make > Running make install > Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible > Strangely it does _not_ include the Access Denied messages. You can see as > much of the text as was saved in the command window at > http://www.sylvester-bradley.org/rowan/docs/cmdwindow.txt (sorry about the > line wrapping - blame Windows, not me). > > This all smells of some kind of Windows 7 permissions problem... > > Can anyone guide me how to get through this stage so I can install the CPN > modules, and then (hopefully) get thermd to run? > > Many thanks - Rowan > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > http://learn.perl.org/ > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] http://learn.perl.org/
