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Cheez
Howdy, I am a newbie to perl and pretty much overwhelmed at the
complexity of even installing perl. I have an ok background in Java
and that installation was a bit more straightforward.
My OS is Windows 2000.
I know I have to compile the Perl source code. I downloaded the
appropriate source (5.8.2) for win32. I have never used C, so I am
not that familiar with a C compiler although I certainly use the javac
from Java. So I followed the instructions to download a C compiler,
in this case Mingw32 with GCC (gcc-2.95-mingw32.zip). I also
downloaded a filemaker called dmaker from CPAN. Do I use this
filemaker to make a file from the Perl source code, then compile? I
don't have any experience with a C compiler or dmaker. Is there
anything out there to make this part a bit less confusing?
The README.win32 that came with the source code, quite frankly, is
made for someone a tad bit more savvy than myself. Is there any
super-novice, spoon-feeding types of installation tutorials out there?
Any help, advice or suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Of
course if this type of email is inappropriate for this NG please let
me know!
Happy New Year,
Cheez
complexity of even installing perl. I have an ok background in Java
and that installation was a bit more straightforward.
My OS is Windows 2000.
I know I have to compile the Perl source code. I downloaded the
appropriate source (5.8.2) for win32. I have never used C, so I am
not that familiar with a C compiler although I certainly use the javac
from Java. So I followed the instructions to download a C compiler,
in this case Mingw32 with GCC (gcc-2.95-mingw32.zip). I also
downloaded a filemaker called dmaker from CPAN. Do I use this
filemaker to make a file from the Perl source code, then compile? I
don't have any experience with a C compiler or dmaker. Is there
anything out there to make this part a bit less confusing?
The README.win32 that came with the source code, quite frankly, is
made for someone a tad bit more savvy than myself. Is there any
super-novice, spoon-feeding types of installation tutorials out there?
Any help, advice or suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Of
course if this type of email is inappropriate for this NG please let
me know!
Happy New Year,
Cheez