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 foll

Answer 1

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