following compilers on the Intel x86 architecture:
Borland C++ version 5.02 or later
- Microsoft Visual C++ version 4.2 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
3.2.x or later for the best results with this compiler.
-The Microsoft Visual C++ compiler is also now being given away free in
-the "Visual C++ Toolkit 2003", and also as part of the ".NET Framework
-SDK". This is the same compiler that ships with "Visual Studio .NET 2003
-Professional".
+The Borland C++ and Microsoft Visual C++ compilers are also now being given
+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" 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
installed separately, but is included in the "Visual C++ Toolkit 2003" anyway.
These packages can all be downloaded by searching in the Download Center at
-http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en
+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.)
-The Platform SDK packages can also be obtained from the Platform SDK Update
-site: http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate Note that this
-site requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or later to function, but the site's home
-page currently gives links to two download pages for users of other browsers:
+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.
-For Windows XP Service Pack 2:
-http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/XPSP2FULLInstall.htm
-
-For Windows Server 2003:
-http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdk-full.htm
-
-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:
=back
Perl should now build using the win32/Makefile. You will need to edit that
-file to comment-out CCTYPE = MSVC60 (since that enables delay-loading of the
-Winsock DLL which the free toolkit does not support) and to set CCHOME,
-CCINCDIR and CCLIBDIR as per the environment setup above. You may also want to
-change both mentions of the compiler's "-Gf" switch to "-GF" since the former
-is deprecated in VC7 and will be removed from future versions.
+file to set
+
+ CCTYPE = MSVC70FREE
+
+and to set CCHOME, CCINCDIR and CCLIBDIR as per the environment setup above.
=item Microsoft Platform SDK 64-bit Compiler
may not be correct for some versions. Make sure the default exists
and is valid.
-You may also need to comment out a line C<DELAYLOAD = ...> in the
-makefile, in case you're using an older version of the Visual C++ compiler
-(e.g. 6.0 without service packs) and if the linker reports an internal
-error.
+You may also need to comment out the C<DELAYLOAD = ...> line in the
+Makefile if you're using VC++ 6.0 without the latest service pack and
+the linker reports an internal error.
If you have either the source or a library that contains des_fcrypt(),
enable the appropriate option in the makefile. A ready-to-use version
ActiveState port, there is a bundle of Win32 extensions that contains
all of the ActiveState extensions and several other Win32 extensions from
CPAN in source form, along with many added bugfixes, and with MakeMaker
-support. This bundle is available at:
+support. The latest version of this bundle is available at:
- http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Win32/libwin32-0.191.zip
+ http://search.cpan.org/dist/libwin32/
See the README in that distribution for building and installation
-instructions. Look for later versions that may be available at the
-same location.
+instructions.
=item Notes on 64-bit Windows
Support for 64-bit Windows added in 5.8 (ActiveState Corp).
-Last updated: 7 June 2005
+Last updated: 30 September 2005
=cut
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