Re^4: Need help installing wxWidgets 2.9.4

Khen1950fx: apologizing if this is a newbie question:
When I inquire for Module::Build (in CPANPLUS), I get:

CPAN Terminal> l Module::Build
Details for 'Module::Build'
Author               Leon Timmermans (fawaka@gmail.com)
Installed File       D:\...\StrawberryPerl\perl\lib\Module\Build.pm
Package              Module-Build-0.4005.tar.gz
Version Installed    0.40
Version on CPAN      0.4005
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So I have Module::Build installed.
But, like I mentioned above, when I go:

>perl Build.PL
Can't open perl script "Build.PL": No such file or directory

It can't find "Build.PL".
What to do?

Many TIA - Helen

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Re^5: Need help installing wxWidgets 2.9.4 by marto (Cardinal) on May 01, 2013 at 10:20 UTC
`Can't open perl script "Build.PL": No such file or directory` [download] This means that Perl can't find a file named Build.PL within your current directory. Are you sure you're in the right place? If you do an `ls`/`dir` do you see Build.PL? `cpan> look Alien::wxWidgets` [download] If in doubt the above command within `cpan` will download the module and drop you into a shell within the unpacked distribution. You can then do what you want (install notes in README.txt?). To exit this shell type `exit`. Update: I see you're using cpanp rather than cpan. Use the `z` argument to achieve the same as above: `z MODULE ... # extract module(s) and open command prompt in it` [download] Update 2: fixed typo. update 3: added link to README.txt	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^5: Need help installing wxWidgets 2.9.4
by marto (Cardinal) on May 01, 2013 at 10:20 UTC

Can't open perl script "Build.PL": No such file or directory
[download]

This means that Perl can't find a file named Build.PL within your current directory. Are you sure you're in the right place? If you do an ls/dir do you see Build.PL?

cpan> look Alien::wxWidgets
[download]

If in doubt the above command within cpan will download the module and drop you into a shell within the unpacked distribution. You can then do what you want (install notes in README.txt?). To exit this shell type exit.

Update: I see you're using cpanp rather than cpan. Use the z argument to achieve the same as above:

z MODULE ...        # extract module(s) and open command prompt in it
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Update 2: fixed typo.

update 3: added link to README.txt

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