Hi, I searched through the CPAN website and found a extension for a text editor Proc::InvokeEditor. But when I search from ppm3 in my Win32 computer, I am not able to find it. When I typed search Invoke in the ppm3, it returned a message,
Searching in Active Repositories 1. SOAP-AutoInvoke [0.25] SOAP-AutoInvoke
Not only with this particular module, but I find this with few other modules too. Can anyone tell me whether I am wrong in installing this? Or is there a way through which I can install this from anywhere else apart from CPAN?
The ppm3 program and the ActiveState repositories are not CPAN. Installation from CPAN is best done through the cpan command shell. There are tutorials on this site how to install modules on this site:
Not all modules on CPAN are available from ActiveState. Their Build Status page shows which modules are available for which operating system.
Some of the modules that aren't available for Win32 are due to the modules themselves not being Win32 compatible. Some are due to problems with the ActiveState build system.
You might also check out win32.perl.org for more information on Win32 Perl, including alternate repositories and alternatives to ActiveState.
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However many modules either do not build properly on Win32 at all, or are not appropriate for Win32.
Update The module fails tests on Win32 because it is attempting to use Unix editors and none of them can be found, take a look at the tests and I think you will see why, it is trying to use vim, vi, emacs and ed. Maybe if the last two tests were re-written it would pass - and then build in AS's automatic system.