Win32 Module Installation: nmake fails...ARRRGH!

[nysus]

Once again, I feel an overwhelming sense of frustration! Here's the details.

• OS: Windows 98
• Perl: ActiveState 5.6.1 Build 628
• Module: Chatbox::Eliza (not in PPM)
• Problem: I run makefile.pl, everything seems OK. It reports: "Checking if your kit is complete...Looks good". Then the program just hangs and I CTRL-C out. I think this is just a quirk with command.com. Then I try "nmake" per ActiveState docs and get an error: "NMAKE : fatal error U1064: MAKEFILE not found and no target specified Stop." So I also try "nmake test" and get this error: "NMAKE : fatal error U1073: don't know how to make 'test' Stop." As a last resort, I try "nmake test.pl" only to get test.pl(9) : fatal error U1001: syntax error : illegal character '|' in macro Stop."

Ok, so WTF? Finding stuff that doesn't work as advertised is getting very tiresome. Or is it me? Any hints, tips, solutions, anything is greatly appreciated!

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[azatoth]

Why dont'cha just conform and use PPM like the rest of us? It makes life much easier, you can rest assured.

Installing Chatbot::Eliza would take but a few ticks :

# cmd window
c:/>ppm
PPM>search Chatbot-Eliza
PPM>Chatbot-Eliza found.
PPM>Install Chatbot-Eliza
PPM>Installing...
# and so on

Update as per below: It is. I installed it using PPM about a month ago. Try a different server or do the search method I explained above. Or even better, spell it correctly :P

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[nysus]

As I pointed out in my post, this module is not available form PPM.

Solution Update: Idiot! Was trying to download "Chatbo

x

::Eliza" not "Chatbo

t

::Eliza". Thanks.

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[John M. Dlugosz]

Well, you got farther than I ever did. I always get "Can't find C:\Program or something like that: everything is hostile to spaces in names, that it was utterly useless on a normal Win32 system (locations include "Program Files" and "My Documents"). A quick look showed no provisions to escape it out or put quotes around it.