following compilers on the Intel x86 architecture:
Borland C++ version 5.02 or later
- Microsoft Visual C++ version 2.0 or later
+ Microsoft Visual C++ version 2.0 through 7.0 (and possibly later)
MinGW with gcc gcc version 2.95.2 or later
The last of these is a high quality freeware compiler. Use version
away free. The Borland compiler is available as "Borland C++ Compiler Free
Command Line Tools" and is the same compiler that ships with the full
"Borland C++ Builder" product. The Microsoft compiler is available as
-"Visual C++ Toolkit 2003", and also as part of the ".NET Framework SDK", and
-is the same compiler that ships with "Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional".
-Currently, Perl cannot be compiled with Visual C++ 8.0, which is part of the
-.NET 2.0 Framework SDK and Visual Studio 2005.
+"Visual C++ Toolkit 2003" or "Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition" (and also as
+part of the ".NET Framework SDK") and is the same compiler that ships with
+"Visual C++ .NET 2003 Professional" or "Visual C++ 2005 Professional"
+respectively. Currently, Perl cannot be compiled with Visual C++ 2005 (aka
+Visual C++ 8.x).
This port can also be built on the Intel IA64 using:
latter step is only essential if you want to use dmake as your default
make for building extensions using MakeMaker.
+=item Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
+
+B<NOTE: While these instructions are in theory correct, Perl currently cannot
+be compiled with Visual C++ 2005.>
+
+This free version of Visual C++ 2005 Professional contains the same compiler
+and linker that ship with the full version, but doesn't contain everything
+necessary to build Perl.
+
+You will also need to download the "Platform SDK" (the "Core SDK" and "MDAC
+SDK" components are required) for more header files and libraries.
+
+These packages can both be downloaded by searching in the Download Center at
+http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. (Providing exact
+links to these packages has proven a pointless task because the links keep on
+changing so often.)
+
+Try to obtain the latest version of the Platform SDK. Sometimes these packages
+contain a particular Windows OS version in their name, but actually work on
+other OS versions too. For example, the "Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK"
+also runs on Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2000.
+
+According to the download pages these packages are only supported on Windows
+2000/XP/2003, so trying to use these tools on Windows 95/98/ME and even Windows
+NT probably won't work.
+
+Install Visual C++ 2005 first, then the Platform SDK. Setup your environment
+as follows (assuming default installation locations were chosen):
+
+ SET PATH=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\bin;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCPackages;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Bin
+
+ SET INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\INCLUDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\include
+
+ SET LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\LIB;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\lib;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\lib
+
+ SET LIBPATH=C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727
+
+Perl should now build using the win32/Makefile. You will need to edit that
+file to set
+
+ CCTYPE = MSVC80FREE
+
+and to set CCHOME, CCINCDIR and CCLIBDIR as per the environment setup above.
+
=item Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003
This free toolkit contains the same compiler and linker that ship with
-Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional, but doesn't contain everything
+Visual C++ .NET 2003 Professional, but doesn't contain everything
necessary to build Perl.
You will also need to download the "Platform SDK" (the "Core SDK" and "MDAC
Try to obtain the latest version of the Platform SDK. Sometimes these packages
contain a particular Windows OS version in their name, but actually work on
-other OS versions too. For example, the "Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK"
+other OS versions too. For example, the "Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK"
also runs on Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2000.
-According to the download pages the Toolkit and the .NET Framework SDK are only
-supported on Windows 2000/XP/2003, so trying to use these tools on Windows
-95/98/ME and even Windows NT probably won't work.
+According to the download pages these packages are only supported on Windows
+2000/XP/2003, so trying to use these tools on Windows 95/98/ME and even Windows
+NT probably won't work.
Install the Toolkit first, then the Platform SDK, then the .NET Framework SDK.
Setup your environment as follows (assuming default installation locations
were chosen):
SET PATH=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v1.1\Bin
+
SET INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include
+
SET LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\lib;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\lib;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib
Several required files will still be missing:
variable in the handler. Using signals under this port should
currently be considered unsupported.
-Numeric comparisons involving "Not a Number" (NaN, an IEEE floating point
-feature) will give incorrect results if you build with Visual C++ Version 6
-or earlier -- see I<Floating-Point Comparison> in
-L<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndeepc/html/deep05282002.asp>
-for details. If possible, you should build using a later version of VC++.
-
Please send detailed descriptions of any problems and solutions that
you may find to E<lt>F<perlbug@perl.org>E<gt>, along with the output
produced by C<perl -V>.
Support for 64-bit Windows added in 5.8 (ActiveState Corp).
-Last updated: 22 March 2006
+Last updated: 30 September 2005
=cut
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