How do I use MS C++ Express 2008 to build Perl Unicode::Map on Windows?

Question

I am currently trying to make the Unicode-Map-0.112 module, but encounter an error, '0x1', that is evidently related to using nmake. I tried to follow suggestions on Perl Monks, i.e. http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=434813

However, I am unable to use ppm's capabilities because I am on a Windows machine without a network connection, and the only other machine is a Mac. It turns out that MS C++ Express 2008 is installed on the machine, so I would I be able to use it to get past the error?

More error details:

cl -c - nologo - GF -W3 -MD...

'cl' is not recognized as an internal...command
operable programe or batch file
NMAKE: fatal error U10777 'cl' : return code '0x1'
Stop

Answer 1

The error is saying that cl.exe is not in your path. I don't recall if the Express SKU has a "Visual Studio Command Prompt" or not (check your start menu).

If not just find cl.exe (let's say it is c:\path\to\vstools\cl.exe) and do something like:

set PATH=%PATH%;c:\path\to\vstools

Answer 2

Can't you download the required files on the Mac, put them on a USB stick and then use ppm to install?

Download on the Mac:

$ wget http://trouchelle.com/ppm10/Unicode-Map.ppd
$ wget http://trouchelle.com/ppm10/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.10/Unicode-Map-0.112.zip
$ mkdir MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.10
$ mv Unicode-Map-0.112.zip MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.10

Then move to Windows machine. Open up a command prompt, change to the directory containing the ppd file on the USB drive:

F:\> ppm install -area site Unicode-Map.ppd
Unpacking Unicode-Map-0.112...done
Generating HTML for Unicode-Map-0.112...done
Updating files in site area...done
110 files installed