Help - Install XML-LibXML on windows

Amit_LnT

Hi,
Anyone here have tried to use XML::LibXML module with iwperl. I am getting a hard time to install it on windows.
I am trying to install XML::LibXML on development server from couple of days now. I do not want to compile and install the module manually, as it needs some C components.
I would like to install the binary distribution of this module for windows.
First, I installed the PPM package with version 2.1.6 to iwperl.
I tried to install the binary LibXML module with PPM from following site
http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/ and the command is
ppm install ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/XML-LibXML.ppd
It throws following error and quit
Installing package 'http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/XML-LibXML.ppd'...
Error installing package 'http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/XML-LibXML.ppd': Read a PPD for 'http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/XML-LibXML.ppd', but it is not intended for this build of Perl (MSWin32-x86-multi-5.8)
Then, I tried with packages from other sites as well.
ppm install http://trouchelle.com/ppm/XML-LibXML.ppd
ppm install http://ppm.tcool.org/archives/XML-LibXML.ppd

But got the same error.

I am not getting any clue here, how to go. Any help is appreciated.
OS=>Windows server 2003 SP2 , TS=> 6.5 SP2
Perl=>v5.8.2 built for MSWin32-x86-multi , PPM=>2.1.6

Thanks,
Amit

Adam Stoller

I do not believe that iwperl supports PPM - so in order to do what you want you would need to find a 5.8.2 version of Perl (perhaps from ActiveState), install it on some machine, do the PPM that you want, and then carefully track all of the files that got installed and see if you can copy them into the appropriate [site] directory(ies) in IWHOM/iw-perl.

Alternatively - get a development environment placed on your server and download and build the software yourself.