Install fails on Windows

[zoffixznet]

Spotted this problem on reddit thread

Install fails on Win8:

C:\rakudo\bin>zef install Gtk::Simple
===> Searching for: Gtk::Simple
===> Building: GTK::Simple:ver<0.1.5>
At line:1 char:192
+ ... )) -replace \"-\",\"\" } get-sha256 C:\Users\bit\.zef\store\gtk-simple.git\df15c ...
+                    ~
You must provide a value expression following the '-' operator.
At line:1 char:192
+ "function get-sha256 { param($file);[system.bitconverter]::tostring([System.Secu ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unexpected token '\",\"\" } get-sha256 C:\Users\bit\.zef\store\gtk-simple.git\df15c903afdeb207a7115e8a0ff709f783559d05\resources\blib\lib\GTK\libatk-1.0-0.dll"' in expression or statement.
    + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ExpectedValueExpression

Effective index out of range. Is: -1, should be in 0..^Inf
  in block  at C:\Users\bit\.zef\store\gtk-simple.git\df15c903afdeb207a7115e8a0ff709f783559d05\Build.pm line 55
  in method build at C:\Users\bit\.zef\store\gtk-simple.git\df15c903afdeb207a7115e8a0ff709f783559d05\Build.pm line 49
  in block <unit> at -e line 1

Actually thrown at:
  in block  at C:\Users\bit\.zef\store\gtk-simple.git\df15c903afdeb207a7115e8a0ff709f783559d05\Build.pm line 92
  in method build at C:\Users\bit\.zef\store\gtk-simple.git\df15c903afdeb207a7115e8a0ff709f783559d05\Build.pm line 49
  in block <unit> at -e line 1

===> Building [OK] for GTK::Simple:ver<0.1.5>
===> Testing: GTK::Simple:ver<0.1.5>
# Failed test at t\01-sanity.t line 12
# Failed to copy 'C:\Users\bit\.zef\store\gtk-simple.git\df15c903afdeb207a7115e8a0ff709f783559d05\resources\blib\lib\GTK\libgtk-3-0.dll' to 'C:\Users\bit\AppData\Local\Temp\libgtk-3-0.dll': Failed to copy file: no such file or directory
# Failed test at t\01-sanity.t line 13
# Failed to copy 'C:\Users\bit\.zef\store\gtk-simple.git\df15c903afdeb207a7115e8a0ff709f783559d05\resources\blib\lib\GTK\libglib-2.0-0.dll' to 'C:\Users\bit\AppData\Local\Temp\libglib-2.0-0.dll': Failed to copy file: no such file or directo
ry
# Failed test at t\01-sanity.t line 14
# No such method 'run' for invocant of type 'Any'
# Looks like you failed 3 tests of 3
===> Testing [FAIL]: GTK::Simple:ver<0.1.5>
Aborting due to test failure: GTK::Simple:ver<0.1.5> (use --force-test to override)
  in code  at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\site\sources\9062A39D0256C0BD797016C3FE93D839191AFE2B (Zef::Client) line 385
  in method test at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\site\sources\9062A39D0256C0BD797016C3FE93D839191AFE2B (Zef::Client) line 363
  in code  at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\site\sources\9062A39D0256C0BD797016C3FE93D839191AFE2B (Zef::Client) line 540
  in sub  at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\site\sources\9062A39D0256C0BD797016C3FE93D839191AFE2B (Zef::Client) line 537
  in method install at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\site\sources\9062A39D0256C0BD797016C3FE93D839191AFE2B (Zef::Client) line 643
  in sub MAIN at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\site\sources\9E04C517E18C976DC9F459E2CE31A87142034020 (Zef::CLI) line 152
  in block <unit> at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\site\resources\3DCC2E58BBBF1E42EA4C8C976F9BE97162B9EFA2 line 3
  in sub MAIN at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\site\bin\zef line 2
  in block <unit> at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\site\bin\zef line 2

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I tried to repro on my own Win10, but it failed even earlier when trying to install OpenSSL

[timo]

thanks to @zoffixznet's help I got CertUtil.exe to maybe work as a fallback to the powershell script. Would be nice if someone who had the problem on their own machine in the past could verify that it works for them as well.

[zoffixznet]

Works now https://www.reddit.com/r/perl/comments/899wqu/best_way_to_run_a_hybrid_program_between_two_perls/dwrthwe/