[Dxspider-support] Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) DXSpider installation with Strawberry perl

[Dirk Koopman G1TLH]

On 14/06/11 08:34, Henk Remijn PA5KT wrote:
> Download Strawberry Perl from
> http://strawberry-perl.googlecode.com/files/strawberry-perl-5.12.3.0.msi
> or for 64 bit
> http://strawberry-perl.googlecode.com/files/strawberry-perl-5.12.3.0-64bit.msi
>
> Run the installer.
> Choose Next
> Mark the license agreement and choose Next.
> Leave the default directory and choose Next
> Choose Install.
> Choose Finish.
> Notepad will now open with the Readme file.
> Close Notepad.
> Perl is installed.
> Modules installation:
> Open a command prompt.
> type cpan.
> In the cpan prompt type
> cpan> install Date/Parse.pm
> cpan> install Net/Telnet.pm
> cpan> quit
> Now Perl is installed with necessary modules.
>
> Follow instructions for configuration.
>
> Note: console.pl will not work because windows has no curses support.
> Use telnet localhost 7300 (or your portnumber) to connect to the cluster
> as an sysop.

I believe that if one installs pdcurses 
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdcurses/files/) then it should be 
possible to install Curses with cpan (cpan> install Curses.pm) but I 
have not tried it so I may be wrong.

Dirk