Eric, Yes, running ppm install MARC-Record will do the trick. I have never encountered a gotcha running MARC::Record and friends on ActiveState. Mark Mark Jordan Head of Library Systems W.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada Voice: 778.782.5753 / Fax: 778.782.3023 [log in to unmask] ----- "Eric Lease Morgan" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I need some advice about ActiveState Perl and MARC::Batch. > Specifically, once I install ActiveState Perl on a Windows computer, > > will I be able to install MARC::Batch and all of its friends as well? > > I wrote a Perl script that summarizes the content of sets of MARC > records. My fellow catalogers have discovered MARCEdit, but they need > > my program in order to analyze their content. Yes, I could give them a > > command-line to a Linux host, but the ActiveState Perl approach may be > > better. > > Can I install MARC::Batch on a Windows computer running ActiveState > Perl, and if so, then what are some of the things I need to watch out > > for? > > -- > Eric Lease Morgan > University of Notre Dame