SPUG: Re: Compiling Perl-5.8.0 for Windows XP

[Richard Anderson]

My experience with installing Perl from scratch on HP-UX suggests that it
may be a 1-2 day nightmare.  Perl was developed for Unix and the people at
ActiveState have done a lot of work to get it working in the Windows
environment.  You would be prudent to use only ActiveState builds of Perl on
Windows.

Cheers,
Richard
richard at richard-anderson.org
www.richard-anderson.org
www.raycosoft.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dwaine Felch" <dwainef at earthlink.net>
To: "'Seattle Perl Users Group'" <spug-list at pm.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 3:57 PM
Subject: SPUG: Compiling Perl-5.8.0 for Windows XP


>
> I see Perl-5.8.0 is out but ActiveState does not list an *.msi file for
> it. Does anyone know the steps to compile it? I have Visual Studio 6.0
> to use. Is there some simple steps to follow or is it a 5-6 hour
> nightmare not worth banging my head against the
> Wall over? Any suggestions are appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Dwaine
>
>
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