Module failing to install

anewpearl has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi , I am perl beginner and my mentor has assigned a task of installing few perl modules onto my system and keep it prepared. He has given me 10 modules to install , i studied about perl module installation and was successful in installing most of them. I am working on windows7 machine and i am using Active perl 5.14 and all the modules that i am using are precompiled binary files for windows machine and i am using ppd files to perform installation and all them moduduels i am getting here from this website. http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/. I want to install Win32::GuiTest and after installing this module i am getting an error when i run a sample script which uses this module. As soon as i run the program i get an error pop which displayes Perl58.dll is missing in my computer and in the command prompt i get the below error.

Can't load 'C:/Perl/site/lib/auto/Win32/GuiTest/GuiTest.dll' for module Win32::G uiTest: load_file:The specified module could not be found at C:/Perl/lib/DynaLoa der.pm line 191. I read in the forum for similar issues but dint understand properly. Can anyone help me what to be done to solve this?

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Re: Module failing to install by tobyink (Canon) on Feb 19, 2013 at 09:39 UTC
It seems likely that you've installed a package built for Perl 5.8 onto a Perl 5.14 installation. `package Cow { use Moo; has name => (is => 'lazy', default => sub { 'Mooington' }) } say Cow->new->name`	[reply]
Re: Module failing to install by Anonymous Monk on Feb 19, 2013 at 09:42 UTC
What commands did you issue? Try http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/Win32-GuiTest-1.60-PPM514.tar.gz See also How to install CPAN modules into ActivePerl	[reply]
Re^2: Module failing to install by anewpearl (Initiate) on Feb 19, 2013 at 10:03 UTC
Hi, I am using the module Win32-GuiTest-1.60-PPM58.tar.gz from the link and i am using ppd file to install it. I have copied all the modules on my local drive and from command prompt i am giving the below cmd. C:/>PPM install Win32-GuiTest-1.60-PPM58.tar.gz all the other modules are successfully installed with this command.	[reply]
Re^3: Module failing to install by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 19, 2013 at 10:07 UTC
`PPM58` modules are not suitable for Perl 5.14. You will need to find the corresponding PPM514 modules.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Module failing to install by prashantktyagi (Scribe) on Feb 19, 2013 at 10:16 UTC
Re^5: Module failing to install by marto (Cardinal) on Feb 19, 2013 at 15:56 UTC
Re^4: Module failing to install by anewpearl (Initiate) on Feb 19, 2013 at 10:21 UTC
Re^5: Module failing to install by Anonymous Monk on Feb 19, 2013 at 10:34 UTC
Re^3: Module failing to install by Anonymous Monk on Feb 19, 2013 at 10:24 UTC
So why don't you try what I suggested?	[reply]