/usr/bin/perl -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/cygwin -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/typemap s_add_pl_98b8.xs > s_add_pl_98b8.xsc && mv s_add_pl_98b8.xsc s_add_pl_98b8.c gcc -c -I/home/Ovid/inline -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -DHAS_SBRK_PROTO -fno-strict-aliasing -DUSEIMPORTLIB -O2 -DVERSION=\"0.00\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.00\" -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/cygwin/CORE s_add_pl_98b8.c Running Mkbootstrap for s_add_pl_98b8 () chmod 644 s_add_pl_98b8.bs rm -f blib/arch/auto/s_add_pl_98b8/s_add_pl_98b8.dll LD_RUN_PATH="" ld2 -o blib/arch/auto/s_add_pl_98b8/s_add_pl_98b8.dll -s -L/usr/local/lib s_add_pl_98b8.o /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/cygwin/CORE/libperl5_6_1.a i see no perl executable around there perl is required to build dynamic libraries go fetch one or build this one static make: *** [blib/arch/auto/s_add_pl_98b8/s_add_pl_98b8.dll] Error 1