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Asked: 2026-06-01T22:23:48+00:00

(Updated, please look at the EDIT, thanks!) First I would like to point that

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(Updated, please look at the EDIT, thanks!)

First I would like to point that I cannot use any automated tool to install the modules since the proxy won’t resolve names. I already asked how to solve this here to no avail.

So AFAIK I have to download the .tar.gz package of the Perl module, decompress it, and run this:

perl Makefile.pl
make
make test
make install

So here’s what I get:

D:>perl Makefile.PL
Set up gcc environment - 4.5.2

It looks like you don't have either nmake.exe or dmake.exe on your PATH,
so you will not be able to execute the commands from a Makefile.  You can
install dmake.exe with the Perl Package Manager by running:

    ppm install dmake

Writing Makefile for PowerBuilder::ORCA

I don’t know why it says taht about nmake while I have it installed…

So next command (using NMAKE)

D:>nmake

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.

syntax error at -e line 1, near "'755')
"
Missing right curly or square bracket at -e line 1, at end of line
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0xff'
Stop.

Ok, now using MAKE (from MinGW):

D:>C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin\make
make: rem: Command not found
make: *** [blibdirs] Error 127

My Perl version: 

This is perl 5, version 12, subversion 3 (v5.12.3) built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 9 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2010, Larry 
Wall Binary build 1204 [294330] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveState.com 
Built Feb 9 2011 14:38:22

Any hints about why this is happening? Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Thanks to Sinan Ünür, I compiled the module. I installed it with dmake install, but at importing it, it says:

Compilation failed in require

When executing it says:

Can't load 'C:/Perl/site/lib/auto/PowerBuilder/ORCA/ORCA.dll' for module PowerBuilder::ORCA: load_file:El acceso a la dirección de memoria no es válido at C:/Perl/lib/DynaLoader.pm line 201 (Invalid memory access)

I think this is due to the fact that I’m compiling against a wrong Perl version, but how come? I used the links for 5.12.

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  1. Editorial Team

    That version of nmake is rather old. Mine says 10.00.30319.01. Besides, if you don’t have the compiler suite that goes along with it, or if the compiler suite you have is incompatible with the one that built your perl, having nmake is not going to make a difference.

    I am assuming you have ActivePerl installed, but you don’t mention the version. MinGW make because it can’t process makefiles written for nmake or dmake.

    If you have ActivePerl 5.10, you can grab this PPD and this archive, put the PPD in a directory and the ZIP in the appropriate directory under that and use ppm to install it.

    Otherwise, you’re going to have to find a way to get a compiler suite with the appropriate build tools onto that machine.

    Does your MinGW installation have dmake? There is still no guarantee that the gcc in your installation is compatible with the compiler used to build perl, but it might be worth a shot.

    What you really need is ppm install MinGW.

    This thread might help:

    The problem is that my main computer is not direct connected to the internet, so I cant issue a ‘ppm install MinGW’ command.

    Keep in mind that these ppd files are specific to perl versions, so you might have to fix the paths mentioned in that answer. I can’t do that for you because you, AFAIK, you still haven’t told us your perl version.

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