I have to install XML::Parser first and can't figure out what I am doing wrong. I keep receiving:

gcc: language depend not recognized
gcc: Expat.c: linker input file unused because linking not done
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From the XML::Parser V2.31 README file:

This is a Perl extension interface to James Clark's XML parser, expat. It requires at least version 5.004 of perl and it requires that you have release 1.95.0 or greater of expat installed. You can download expat from:

   http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/

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Visit Tutorials (Writing, Installing, and Using Perl Modules -> A Guide to Installing Modules and A Practical Guide to Compiling C based Modules under ActiveState using Microsoft C++ also helps) and google. Also, if you're gonna be asking for such help, you need to report everything from `perl Makefile.PL' up until `make' (or whatever the failing point) , as well as your `perl -V' (and under some circumstances the contents of %ENV).

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"

I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).

** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

As PodMaster already pointed out, Google is a good source of information.

It was actually a problem of solaris' perl 5.6.1. When I compiled my own perl 5.8.0, everything went flawlessly.