Steve Loughran schrieb:
I installed it via ppm. What tools/apps would I need to build/install it on my own machine? (i'll go raid the company software locker for development tools).
Have a look at http://par.wikia.com/wiki/PAR_PPM_Compatibility_List It lists compatible binary releases. If you want one that is most certainly compatible, try one that was built with your perl. The first matrix consist of binaries on CPAN which can be installed by downloading the PAR-0.942.tar.gz package and doing "perl Makefile.PL", "nmake". It will automatically fetch a binary for you if you don't have a compiler. The second matrix consists of ppm packages from various sources.
In order to build PAR yourself, you need a working C compiler. Both the Microsoft compiler and MinGW work with AS Perl. The easiest way to get up to speed is using the "camelpack" installer. It installs ActivePerl, MinGW and some C IDE for you. It also skips any components you already have installed. Try googling for "camelpack perl" or so.
Eventually, the Vanilla/Strawberry/Chocolate series of perl distributions might make this even easier as they come with MinGW. Right now, they're not ready for production, though.
Steffen
