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I want to enable Encode::HanExtra on Windows XP environment. I can't find the name HanExtra or Encode-HanExtra in PPM GUI. Is there any alias name for it？

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Encode::HanExtra is provided by Trouchelle's PPM repository, here for example built for ActiveState Perl 5.10: http://trouchelle.com/perl/ppmrepview.pl?l=E&v=10#Encode-HanExtra

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Encode-HanExtra does exist according to this page but there is no Windows build. Some options:

  • Encode::CNMap can convert between many different Chinese encodings (gb2312, big5, utf8, gbk). ActivePerl name is Encode-CNMap.

  • There is an ActivePerl version of Encode::CN::Utility which can convert characters between Hanzi, GBK and Unicode/UTF-8. ActivePerl name is Encode-CN-Utility.

  • You could install Strawberry Perl instead of ActivePerl. This is a community distribution of Perl for Windows that uses CPAN, so any module on CPAN can be installed (except platform-dependent modules). After installing run cpan Encode::HanExtra.

  • You could build your own PPM version of Encode::HanExtra (not recommended)

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  • @rjh, From your link, I found Plantforms avaliable for Hpux-ia64-lp64-5.8 & Linux-5.8, Does it means I can't install it on winxp? thank you. – Nano HE Apr 28 '10 at 03:38
  • It looks like it passes its tests on Windows: http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/E/Encode-HanExtra.html – brian d foy Apr 28 '10 at 03:40
  • @brian: I just started up ppm (ActivePerl 5.8.8) and Encode-HanExtra is not present. I've amended my answer. – rjh Apr 28 '10 at 03:45
  • Thanks a lot for your input. I googled and found this post `http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1945221/how-can-i-embede-chinese-characters-in-my-perl-source`. That's why I want to install the package to practice the answer script. – Nano HE Apr 28 '10 at 05:42
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Is there some special reason that you want to use ActivePerl?

You might consider using Strawberry Perl so you can use the normal CPAN tools to install any module that you want, regardless if someone has created a package for you.

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  • @brian, Thanks for your suggestion. Currently our company C sharp project(there are several perl script files) based on ActivePerl. That's why I am using it. As a perl newbie, I think it is enough for me. Maybe later, I would switch to Stawberry. – Nano HE Apr 28 '10 at 05:37
  • Is there any reason why CPAN should not be used with ActivePerl (apart from possible confusion of modules installed in different ways) – justintime Apr 28 '10 at 08:13
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    You have to use the same C compiler that compiled ActivePerl to install XS modules. For some people that's rather complicated. – brian d foy Apr 28 '10 at 15:49
  • Well... they have a MingW ppm that you can plug in now, and they build AP to be compatible with building XS modules using it, even though AP itself is built using VS. You could install that, and then use CPAN. But if it's on Trouchelle's repo, use that. – Curtis Jewell May 06 '10 at 17:12