Fatal error with "site/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm" in ASP v5.16.1

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

I have installed ASP v5.16.1 and want to install some packages, they do not exist in the PPM repositories. So I decided to install them from CPAN. To do this I used the "makeppd.pl" script I found "http://jenda.krynicky.cz/perl/PPM.html"

When I run this script in ASP V5.10.1, everything is OK, however, in V5.16.1, I get the following error when I run the script with any module for example "Parallel-Jobs-0.09", I get this message.

perl makeppd.pl
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3)
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Generating a dmake-style Makefile
Writing Makefile for Parallel::Jobs
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.

to undefined at C:/PRG/Perl32_5.16.1.1601/site/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm
+ line 1199.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0x2'
Stop.
Failed to make!
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Re: Fatal error with "site/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm" in ASP v5.16.1 by Anonymous Monk on Feb 09, 2014 at 09:38 UTC
To do this I used the "makeppd.pl" script I found Stop that :) ... dmake ... nmake dmake isn't nmake, and you can't mix the two Do what A Practical Guide to Compiling C based Modules under ActiveState using Microsoft C++ tells you, use cpan/cpanp/cpanm to install modules, or run Makefile.PL yourself ( see A Guide To Installing Modules ) If you have to , force the make with argument to Makefile.PL , see using dmake instead of nmake on Windows If you still get some kind of path problem (and its not just the plain wrong path), check your env vars, see Strawberry Perl 5.12.3, CPAN, make file problems (dmake.exe), DFSEP and backslash "\"	[reply]
Re^2: Fatal error with "site/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm" in ASP v5.16.1 by Anonymous Monk on Feb 09, 2014 at 09:51 UTC
Bah, wrong link for Do what so the real link is Installing a make utility and C compiler on 32-bit Windows mingw/dmake combination Installing a make utility and C compiler on 64-bit Windows visualc++/nmake after `"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\SetEnv.Cmd" /XP64 /RETAIL` activeperl is compiled with nmake by default, if you install mingw/dmake you can use dmake if you install visualc++/platformsdk you can use nmake	[reply] [d/l]