[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ....... > > Mark's solution (with Steffen's installation tip) worked perfectly. > For future reference, should this be considered a general solution to > the problem? > ......
Hi, The solution you used will only work with latest ActivePerl (currently 822). It was also just one of the steps required for a complete install (dependencies etc) - but I figured you had completed all the others. The full method, assuming you don't have a C compile environment, is to download the free nmake from Microsoft, download the PAR::Packer source, and do a standard perl Makefile.pl nmake nmake test nmake install Even then, this is only ever likely to work if you have the latest ActivePerl. (It downloads the same PAR dist that you downloaded manually - which is always likely to be compiled against latest ActivePerl) A solution for everyone, if you can't upgrade your ActivePerl, is to install MinGW and build yourself. This is much simpler than you might think. I have promised to do a 'HOWTO' by putting together all the info offered in past threads by several folks with necessary info on the minor changes you have to make for different ActivePerl versions. Going forward, you won't have to tweak anything because you can use MinGW with ActivePerl from version 822 without needing any minor tweaks etc. I just haven't got around to doing it. You only really need a HOWTO if you have no experience compiling anything at all OR you want to compile on Vista. Anyway, glad you got things working. Regards Mark
