Running make install Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible on Windows

pxb5080 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I am installing the Lingua::EN::NamedEntity module using cpan on Windows 7. I have Strawberry Perl 5.16.3.1 (32bit) on my system and the command I used is the following:

cpan Lingua::EN::NamedEntity

But, the module doesn't get installed and perl gives the following error:

C:\strawberry\c\bin\dmake.exe -- NOT OK
CPAN: YAML::XS loaded ok (v0.39)
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Stopping: 'install' failed for 'Lingua::EN::NamedEntity'.
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The full message is this:

CPAN: CPAN::SQLite loaded ok (v0.202)
Database was generated on Wed, 29 May 2013 23:48:48 GMT
Running install for module 'Lingua::EN::NamedEntity'
Running make for A/AM/AMBS/Lingua/Lingua-EN-NamedEntity-1.9.tar.gz
CPAN: Digest::SHA loaded ok (v5.84)
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok (v2.06)
Checksum for C:\strawberry\cpan\sources\authors\id\A\AM\AMBS\Lingua\Li
+ngua-EN-NamedEntity-1.9.tar.gz ok
CPAN: Archive::Tar loaded ok (v1.90)
CPAN: File::Temp loaded ok (v0.22)
CPAN: Parse::CPAN::Meta loaded ok (v1.4404)
CPAN: CPAN::Meta loaded ok (v2.120921)

  CPAN.pm: Building A/AM/AMBS/Lingua/Lingua-EN-NamedEntity-1.9.tar.gz

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Lingua::EN::NamedEntity
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
CPAN: Module::CoreList loaded ok (v2.83)
cp NamedEntity.pm blib\lib\Lingua\EN\NamedEntity.pm
C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe ./data/mkdb.pl

I'm going to write some wordlists as DB_Files into a subdirectory
in your home directory, to decrease start-up time.
Looking for a wordlist... I shall try and download one
No dice. Please install an operating system!
dmake.exe:  Error code 255, while making 'database'
  AMBS/Lingua/Lingua-EN-NamedEntity-1.9.tar.gz
  C:\strawberry\c\bin\dmake.exe -- NOT OK
CPAN: YAML::XS loaded ok (v0.39)
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Stopping: 'install' failed for 'Lingua::EN::NamedEntity'.
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Can anybody please help me install this module.

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Re: Running make install Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible on Windows by davido (Cardinal) on May 30, 2013 at 02:46 UTC
It's been failing with the smoke testers recently. This problem isn't just you. Anonymous Monk correctly identified that the FTP site it requires isn't responsive. File a bug report and hope that the author (or someone else) is still maintaining it, or at least responding to bug reports or email. Dave	[reply]
Re: Running make install Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible on Windows by Anonymous Monk on May 30, 2013 at 02:14 UTC
Can anybody please help me install this module. No. If you grep for "No dice" you'll find http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/AMBS/Lingua-EN-NamedEntity-1.9/data/mkdb.pl which tries to download ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/wordlists/dictionaries/words-english.gz and dies with "No dice" if it fails That website isn't online, there is nothing we can help you with there	[reply]
Re: Running make install Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible on Windows by rpnoble419 (Pilgrim) on May 30, 2013 at 02:54 UTC
I got it to install by commenting out the following line in the makefile.pl `\t\$(PERL) ./data/mkdb.pl` [download] It looks like you will need to create your own list of words before you can use this however. I found no other source for the words-english.gz file	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Running make install Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible on Windows by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on May 30, 2013 at 12:44 UTC
Others have identified that the source of the wordlist is no longer available. If this is the same wordlist used in security circles, try http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/security/tools/dicts/ as a source. If it works, it might be worth submitting a patch to the maintainer of the module. --MidLifeXis	[reply]
Re^2: Running make install Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible on Windows by pxb5080 (Initiate) on May 30, 2013 at 19:38 UTC
Thank you all for your replies. I have contacted the author to report this issue.	[reply]