Re: [Openinteract-help] install OI on Win2K - ActiveState

[Chris W. <ch...@cw...>]

oiser wrote:
> Is there a ppm for OI. I am trying to install on a Win2K laptop for
> use as a development environment. I don't have a compiler (I have
> cygwin, but make never works). I am a little confused by the INSTALL
> file. It says:
> 
 > ...
> 
> But there is no ppm available for OI itsself. Why would they provide
> ppm's for people without a compiler, but still expect them to be able
> to compile OI?

Believe it or not, nobody's ever brought that up before. Probably 
because you can download the 'nmake' utility from Microsoft and 
do the normal 'perl Makefile.PL; nmake; nmake install' without 
problem.

You can get nmake at:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/vc15/Patch/1.52/W95/EN-US/Nmake15.exe

It expands to nmake.exe, nmake.err and a README. Stick the .exe 
and .err files somewhere in your path (even in \perl\bin) and you 
should be golden.

Note that the CPAN shell (a Perl hacker's best friend) is also 
quite happy to use nmake.

One of the problems with creating a PPM is that there are a few 
additional files required (all the package tarballs) along with a 
script you need to install somewhere in your path (oi_manage). 
I'm not sure how to get PPM to do this, and since nobody's asked 
before I'm kind of inclined to remain ignorant of that knowledge.

If using nmake doesn't work for you, ping the list back and I'll 
see what I can do.

Chris

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