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I installed ActiveState Perl and Komodo on my Windows 10 machine. It's been working fine for the most part. However, I can't install Perl modules in cpan like JSON::Parse or Switch because I keep getting an error: 'dmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command. I've scoured the internet and can't find a way to get dmake to work so I can get past these errors and properly install the needed modules.

When I try to use cpan shell to install dmake, I get: Package contains both files[ChangeLog COPYING dmake.exe META.yml NEWS PATCH.TXT README.TXT] and directories[man readme startup]; not recognized as a perl package, giving up

Thoughts?

dmboucher
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  • I seems like MinGW and `dmake` are currently not available on the new ActiveState Platform, see [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/59482376/2173773) for more information – Håkon Hægland Dec 30 '19 at 07:24
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    Thank you for your comment, @HåkonHægland. I agree - that is the kind of information I'm seeing out there. Seems odd that ActiveState would not provide a way to install modules when using their platform. I opened a support case with them. If they respond, I'll post their comments here. Worst case, I can switch to [Strawberry Perl](http://strawberryperl.com/) as recommended in the answer you referenced above. – dmboucher Dec 30 '19 at 21:04
  • @patrickmdnet - That might answer the question - thanks! I actually moved on by switching to Strawberry Perl. If I get some time, I might re-test to see if that works. But I appreciate you referencing that post here as it might help others. Cheers! – dmboucher Sep 23 '21 at 15:54

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