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reaper9187 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Monks .. I seek your wisdom on an issue ...

i have been trying to create a binary executable file from my script ... i have installed PAR packer using PPM ... When i try to compile the script .. it throws the following error ..
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\abhinav\Desktop\Demo _19_12>pp -o myscript.exe hardware.pl Set up gcc environment - 4.4.7 20111023 (prerelease) [svn/rev.180339 - + mingw-w64 /oz] Perl lib version (5.16.1) doesn't match executable 'C:\Users\abhinav\A +ppData\Loc al\Temp\parlbbnG.exe' version (v5.16.0) at C:/Perl64/lib/Config.pm lin +e 60. Compilation failed in require at C:/Perl64/lib/Errno.pm line 8. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl64/lib/Errno.pm line 8. Compilation failed in require at C:/Perl64/lib/File/Temp.pm line 148. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl64/lib/File/Temp.pm line 1 +48. Compilation failed in require at C:/Perl64/lib/Archive/Zip.pm line 14. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl64/lib/Archive/Zip.pm line + 14. Compilation failed in require at -e line 459. C:\Perl64\site\bin/pp: Failed to extract a parl from 'PAR::StrippedPAR +L::Static' to file 'C:\Users\abhinav\AppData\Local\Temp\parl6JbDHoF.exe' at C:/P +erl64/site /lib/PAR/Packer.pm line 1169, <DATA> line 1. C:\Users\abhinav\Desktop\Demo _19_12>

I can see the issue is related to incompatibility of the Packer and the Perl distribution ... I couldnt find v5.16.0 neither m i able to update the packer as no upgradable packages are available .. Kindly suggest ways to get through this problem ...