install SVN::Client on Windows

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

I am trying to install SVN::Client on a windows platform.

I have SVN already installed.

Perl 5.10

The build craps out due to line 108 in Builder.pm

    my $ok = $self->_run("sh configure @{[$self->notes('configure_args
+')]}");
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Where the error code says

Running sh configure --libdir=C:\Perl\site\lib\Alien\SVN --prefix=C:\P
+erl\site PERL=c:\perl\bin\perl.exe
'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable pr
+ogram or batch file.
configuring SVN failed at inc/My/SVN/Builder.pm line 114, <STDIN> line
+ 3.
    Something went wrong with the Subversion configuration.
    Please attempt to correct it and re-run Build.PL.
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obviously "sh" doesn't work, it's windows!

Running build just complains that "dmake" does not have a target.

I looked for pre-compiled ActiveState compatible repos, but could not find any.

Any ideas??

Sandy

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Re: install SVN::Client on Windows by Anonymous Monk on Aug 24, 2012 at 17:30 UTC
Any ideas?? Find one in a PPM::Repositories , otherwise you will have to compile subversion yourself, which requires that you install python among other things (see INSTALL)	[reply]
Re: install SVN::Client on Windows by aitap (Curate) on Aug 24, 2012 at 17:45 UTC
What if you install MinGW, which contains coreutils (including sh) and compiler? Sorry if my advice was wrong.	[reply]
Re^2: install SVN::Client on Windows by Sandy (Curate) on Aug 24, 2012 at 18:25 UTC
I will give that a shot, thankyou	[reply]

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