INCLUDE = ;C:\strawberry\c\include;C:\usr\lib\CORE; LIB = ;C:\strawberry\c\lib;C:\usr\bin; PATH = C:\usr\bin; and even added this : PERL5LIB = C:\usr\site\lib; #### tie %Config, 'Config', { archlibexp => 'C:\\usr\\lib', archname => 'MSWin32-x86-multi-thread', cc => 'gcc', d_readlink => undef, d_symlink => undef, dlsrc => 'dl_win32.xs', dont_use_nlink => undef, exe_ext => '.exe', inc_version_list => '', intsize => '4', ldlibpthname => '', libpth => 'C:\\strawberry\\c\\lib', osname => 'MSWin32', osvers => '5.1', path_sep => ';', privlibexp => 'C:\\usr\\lib', scriptdir => 'C:\\usr\\bin', sitearchexp => 'C:\\usr\\site\\lib', sitelibexp => 'C:\\usr\\site\\lib', useithreads => 'define', usevendorprefix => undef, version => '5.10.0', };