OK then. I'm trying to install PAR-Packer 0.975 and I get this output:
C:\Documents and Settings\deadpickle\Desktop\PAR-Packer-0.975>perl Makefile.PL Set up gcc environment - 3.2 (mingw special 20020817-1) *** Module::AutoInstall version 1.03 *** Checking for Perl dependencies... [Core Features] - File::Temp ...loaded. (0.18 >= 0.05) - Compress::Zlib ...loaded. (1.42 >= 1.16) - Archive::Zip ...loaded. (1.20 >= 1) - Module::ScanDeps ...loaded. (0.74 >= 0.74) - PAR::Dist ...loaded. (0.22 >= 0.22) - PAR ...loaded. (0.973 >= 0.973) - Getopt::ArgvFile ...loaded. (1.11 >= 1.07) - Parse::Binary ...loaded. (0.10 >= 0.04) - Win32::Exe ...loaded. (0.08 >= 0.04) *** Module::AutoInstall configuration finished. Note (probably harmless): No library found for perl58.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lkernel32 Note (probably harmless): No library found for -luser32 Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lgdi32 Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lwinspool Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lcomdlg32 Note (probably harmless): No library found for -ladvapi32 Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lshell32 Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lole32 Note (probably harmless): No library found for -loleaut32 Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lnetapi32 Note (probably harmless): No library found for -luuid Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lws2_32 Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lmpr Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lwinmm Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lversion Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lodbc32 Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lodbccp32 Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lmsvcrt Writing Makefile for the par.exe program Writing Makefile for PAR::Packer I Do have perl58.lib, I feel as though I need this for perl. C:\Documents and Settings\deadpickle\Desktop\PAR-Packer-0.975>nmake Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved. C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe "-Minc::Module::Install" -e "extract_par(q(PAR-Pac ker-0.975-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8.8.par))" Set up gcc environment - 3.2 (mingw special 20020817-1) NMAKE -f Makefile all -nologo gcc -c -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HA SH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PE RLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -I"C:\Perl\lib\C ORE" sha1.c gcc -c -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HA SH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PE RLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -I"C:\Perl\lib\C ORE" main.c gcc -c -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HA SH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PE RLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -I"C:\Perl\lib\C ORE" my_par_pl.c g++ main.obj my_par_pl.obj win32.coff -s -nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf -libpath:"C:\Perl\lib\CORE" -machine:x86 --output .\par.exe g++: main.obj: No such file or directory g++: my_par_pl.obj: No such file or directory g++: unrecognized option `-nologo' g++: unrecognized option `-nodefaultlib' NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0x1' Stop. NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0x2' Stop. What now? -- Jamie Lahowetz