![]() Be sure and grab the client software (version 3.2.1 as of this blog entry). ncftpget (and ncftp) - Both are installed with the same single download.Here are other utilities that you will need (each is a link to its URL): That is the base path that you should then use for extracting the other 5 utilities as they have the same directory structure internally (ie: bin director, etc). ![]() When you unpack the first one, it should go into "c:\Program Files\gnuwin32". When you download the above utilities, be sure to grab the binary packages. The following utilities are located at the gnuwin32 website (or use the gnuwin32 listing page ): Well, I made a list of the utilities that it requires and have provided those below for your reference. That said, for those of you who remember (no matter how vaguely) the CPAN initial setup, the configuration manager looks for the existance and path's of specific utilities in order to be able to do its job. Strawberry Perl ! My curiosity peaked and being completely intrigued, I decided to download this new offering and see if it actually worked.įrom what I was told, Strawberry Perl used the CPAN interface that most of us are already familiar (or quite intimate with) from the Unix world. Well, I did some inquiring to see if anyone knew of a complete repository to use for PPM, but instead was thrown a link to something completely new. There are a couple of others out there as well, but they only add a few hundred packages (modules) to the mix. If you investigate further, you will find that PPM does not use CPAN directly (as I think it should) but instead uses the Active State PPM repository by default. In the past few months I have found a few modules that I was wanting/needing to use in a project and they could not be found anywhere in the PPM (Perl Package Manager - this is what Active State Perl uses). This literally excludes those who may be working on a project using one of these "forbidden" modules. Granted, the graphical installer was a godsend for those who don't like command line, but what about when you couldn't find the module you needed to use? This was unfortunately due to the fact that Active State does not support every single CPAN module. It worked great for your scripting but when it came to installing modules it wasn't always the easiest thing in the world. This is due to the fact that Active State no longer has a monopoly on the issue of Perl on the Windows platformĪs anyone who code's Perl on the Windows platform knows, the choice that you have (had) for Perl on Windows was Active State. I am writing this article with much joy and glee. **NOTE: This article is written using the 5.8.8 Alpha2 release of Strawberry Perl.
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