Question

This is more an open discussion and a conclusion than a real question, hoping it can help someone sometime.

I was looking on how to make Perl module on an Internet disconnected server (otherwise the answer is quite simple: use cpan), so the only option I have is to manually compile the modules downloaded from the Internet (CPAN or others) directly on the server.

The problem was that, on a standard Windows server, there is no compiler. So how do I make the modules?

Answer 1

If you look in your Strawberry Perl installation folder you will see a number of useful utilities, including the compilers cpp.exe, c++.exe, gcc.exe and make utilities gmake.exe and dmake.exe.

dmake and gcc together support the use of cpan on your installation, and cpanm is available as well.

For information on the general process of installing a module, take a look at perlmodinstall