Perl Programming Language :: Problem when using NMAKE to build Perl on Windows


	Problem when using NMAKE to build Perl on Windows I am trying to run Perl in a Windows environment. Here is my setup: I have installed Visual Studio C++ Express 2005 as well as the latest SDK (non 64-bit version). I am currently running Windows XP SP2. I first had problems with the some environment variables but I resolved that by adding the correct paths in the LIB and INCLUDE environment variables. Here is the issue I am trying to resolve: I load up the Visual Studio 2005 Command prompt and direct my way to the correct ..\perl-5.8.8\win32\ directory. From that, I type nmake to start the make process. When the build process of nmake gets outputs the line: "Runing Makefile.PL in B C:\..\perl-5.8.8\win32\..\miniperl.exe -IC:\..\perl5.8.8\win32\..\lib Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=perl PERL_CORE=1" a window outside the command prompt pops up, stating: "miniperl.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." with the only optional button being one that says "Close." When I hit the "Close" button, the same window pops up again, stating the same information about "miniperl.exe" encountering a problem. I press the "Close" button again and the resulting output is as follows: "Making B nmake -nologo NMAKE : fatal error U1064: MAKEFILE not found and no target specified Stop. Unsuccessful make(B): code=512 at buildext.pl line 142. NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '..\miniperl.exe' : return code '0x2' Stop." After that, I gain control of the prompt again. I am hoping someone on here will be able to help me resolve this error. If anyone here has some help or suggestions that they can contribute, I would very much appreciate it. Thanks for taking your time to look over this. -- treble54 On May 30, 10:36 pm, treble54 <trebl@gmail.com> wrote: - Hide quoted text - > I am trying to run Perl in a Windows environment. > Here is my setup: > I have installed Visual Studio C++ Express 2005 as well as the latest > SDK (non 64-bit version). I am currently running Windows XP SP2. I > first had problems with the some environment variables but I resolved > that by adding the correct paths in the LIB and INCLUDE environment > variables. > Here is the issue I am trying to resolve: > I load up the Visual Studio 2005 Command prompt and direct my way to > the correct ..\perl-5.8.8\win32\ directory. From that, I type nmake to > start the make process. When the build process of nmake gets outputs > the line: > "Runing Makefile.PL in B > C:\..\perl-5.8.8\win32\..\miniperl.exe -IC:\..\perl5.8.8\win32\..\lib > Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=perl PERL_CORE=1" > a window outside the command prompt pops up, stating: > "miniperl.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are > sorry for the inconvenience." with the only optional button being one > that says "Close." When I hit the "Close" button, the same window pops > up again, stating the same information about "miniperl.exe" > encountering a problem. I press the "Close" button again and the > resulting output is as follows: > "Making B > nmake -nologo > NMAKE : fatal error U1064: MAKEFILE not found and no target specified > Stop. > Unsuccessful make(B): code=512 at buildext.pl line 142. > NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '..\miniperl.exe' : return code '0x2' > Stop." > After that, I gain control of the prompt again. I am hoping someone on > here will be able to help me resolve this error. If anyone here has > some help or suggestions that they can contribute, I would very much > appreciate it. Thanks for taking your time to look over this. > -- treble54 Try a google search for install perl on windows. If im not mistaken there is a an issue with using nmake that disappears if you use make. But to be sure do the search. Dean On May 31, 4:32 am, "eish@googlemail.com" <eish@googlemail.com> wrote: - Hide quoted text - > On May 30, 10:36 pm, treble54 <trebl@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am trying to run Perl in a Windows environment. > > Here is my setup: > > I have installed Visual Studio C++ Express 2005 as well as the latest > > SDK (non 64-bit version). I am currently running Windows XP SP2. I > > first had problems with the some environment variables but I resolved > > that by adding the correct paths in the LIB and INCLUDE environment > > variables. > > Here is the issue I am trying to resolve: > > I load up the Visual Studio 2005 Command prompt and direct my way to > > the correct ..\perl-5.8.8\win32\ directory. From that, I type nmake to > > start the make process. When the build process of nmake gets outputs > > the line: > > "Runing Makefile.PL in B > > C:\..\perl-5.8.8\win32\..\miniperl.exe -IC:\..\perl5.8.8\win32\..\lib > > Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=perl PERL_CORE=1" > > a window outside the command prompt pops up, stating: > > "miniperl.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are > > sorry for the inconvenience." with the only optional button being one > > that says "Close." When I hit the "Close" button, the same window pops > > up again, stating the same information about "miniperl.exe" > > encountering a problem. I press the "Close" button again and the > > resulting output is as follows: > > "Making B > > nmake -nologo > > NMAKE : fatal error U1064: MAKEFILE not found and no target specified > > Stop. > > Unsuccessful make(B): code=512 at buildext.pl line 142. > > NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '..\miniperl.exe' : return code '0x2' > > Stop." > > After that, I gain control of the prompt again. I am hoping someone on > > here will be able to help me resolve this error. If anyone here has > > some help or suggestions that they can contribute, I would very much > > appreciate it. Thanks for taking your time to look over this. > > -- treble54 > Try a google search for install perl on windows. If im not mistaken > there is a an issue with using nmake that disappears if you use make. > But to be sure do the search. > Dean If you're interested you can install the ActivePerl distro (www.activestate.com). "treble54" <trebl@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1180560992.248641.213220@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... >I am trying to run Perl in a Windows environment. > Here is my setup: > I have installed Visual Studio C++ Express 2005 as well as the latest > SDK (non 64-bit version). I am currently running Windows XP SP2. Others have reported problems with miniperl when attempting to use that compiler to build perl. I don't think anyone has managed to build perl using that compiler - I haven't checked for a while, so please let me know if you discover that's not so. Building perl is a fairly straightforward procedure using Visual Studio 6.0, 7.0, or 7.1. (Do you have either of them ?) It's also fairly straightforward using the (freely available) MinGW port of the gcc compiler and dmake. For MinGW and dmake: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&package_id... and http://search.cpan.org/dist/dmake/ I know activestate uses the freely available Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK compiler for their 64-bit build of ActivePerl (as Visual Studio 6.0 won't work in a 64-bit environment). I think there's a good chance that the 32-bit version of Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK compiler would also build perl on a 32-bit platform (but I don't really know). You can get it from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0BAF2B35-C65... if you want to give it a try. One other option worth investigating is Strawberry Perl: http://vanillaperl.com/ . It's a precompiled perl but it comes packaged with it's own compiler (MinGW's gcc) and make (dmake) - so there's nothing else that needs to be installed if you want to build perl extensions. (For that matter, you could use the MinGW and dmake that comes with Strawberry perl to build your own perl if you wanted.) Then, of course, there's ActivePerl (as Dean mentioned). It doesn't give you a compiler, but there's a good PPM utility for installing pre-built modules. And I think you might even have a fair degree of success using Visual Studio C++ Express 2005 to build perl extensions - though I'm loathe to recommend using that compiler with ActivePerl. Cheers, Rob