How to install perl package on Win2000?

[darine]

All,
I've downloaded a package called term::readpassword, i could not get it installed right,so here is what i've done
1- i unzipped the file"Term-ReadPassword-0.01.tar.gz" into "lib" directory under "perl"directory
2-i got his directory "Term-ReadPassword-0.01" under "lib"
3- in the dos prompt i typed the following
"C:\Perl\lib\Term-ReadPassword-0.01>c:\perl\bin\perl Makefile.pl"
and i got the following "Writing Makefile for Term::ReadPassword"
4-when i type the following "C:\Perl\lib\Term-ReadPassword-0.01>make install"
i got the following "'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file."
also i replaced "make " with "dmake" and "nmake"
i'm still cannot install it.
any help please

 

[PaulTEG]

What installation of Perl are you using? ActiveState?

ppm install Term::ReadPassword <- on the command line

HTH
--Paul

 

[darine]

First of all i wanna thank you for the reply.Yes i have on my machine ActiverState installation.
I've done exactly what you recommended and i got the following error
what am i doing wrong?do i need to have a different
any advice please?
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Error installing package 'Term-ReadPassword': Read a PPD for 'Term-ReadPassword'
, but it is not intended for this build of Perl (MSWin32-x86-multi-thread)
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[PaulTEG]

Right, I'm getting the same error on a Win98 machine, and can't set my repository to the same as the 98 one on my XP box.

What are you using Term::ReadPassword for?

--Paul

 

[icrf]

You can do the same thing with Term::ReadKey, is that module any more available?

________________________________________
Andrew - Perl Monkey

 

[PaulTEG]

What I was thinking
--Paul

 

[darine]

So what is the solution?do i need to download another version of Perl?
I really need to know how to install packages from CPAN on Win2000 and I'm looking to use just that specific package.
any help will be highly appreciated.

 

[PaulTEG]

Darine,
From looking at the error message it would appear that it's not built for the x86 architecture. Have a look a t term::readkey as per andrew's suggestion

for installing messages from cpan, ahve a look at the FAQ's here

HTH
--Paul

 

[missbarbell]

See also faq219-1687

Barbie
Leader of Birmingham Perl Mongers

http://birmingham.pm.org