- 1). Launch a Web browser, then navigate to the "Gzip for Windows" website. Click on the download link under "Binaries," click "Save," then wait for the download to complete.
- 2). Double-click on the downloaded file and follow the installer's instructions by clicking "Next" until the installation completes. At the end of this process, the Gzip compressor/decompressor utility is installed on the computer.
- 3). Navigate to the "Nmake for Windows" Web address. Click "Save," then wait for the download to complete. Double-click on the downloaded file and follow the installer's instructions by clicking "Next" until the installation completes. The Nmake build utility is installed on the computer.
- 4). Navigate to the Web address of the CPAN module you want to install on the computer. For example, to install CGI, navigate to the "CGI Perl module" Web address. Click "Save," then wait for the download to complete.
- 5). Click "Start," then "Run." Type "cmd" into the text field and press "Enter." A new Command window will appear.
- 6). Type the following commands into the Command window:
gunzip CGI.pm-3.25.tar.gz
perl Makefile.pl
nmake
nmake install
Replace "CGI.pm-3.25" by the CPAN name of the module you want to install. Press "Enter" after each line. The Perl module installs on the computer.
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