What is dmake actually doing when installing a new module?

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Published on 2010-05-05T22:39:17Z Indexed on 2010/05/05 23:08 UTC
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I just mangaged to install the perl/Tk module after much struggle. I realise I don't understand what dmake or make etc is actually doing.

I am using strawberry perl installed at C:\strawberry.

Fisrt I unpacked the module to another directory and ran perl makefile.pl which worked fine. Then I tried dmake which did not work. I guess that will be obvious to people who know how this works.

When I placed the module as a sub-directory of C:\strawberry I could run perl makefile.pl, dmake, dmake test and dmake install.

My guess is that dmake install is adding some executable files to the interpreter and to work the module must be in a subdirectory. Is there any article anywhere that explains what it is doing in detail?

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