Usually, you can (re)configure CPAN to use HTTP instead.

cpan
> o conf urllist

[download]

Alternatively, you can install the cpanminus script by downloading and running it from http://cpanmin.us.

If you don't have dmake installed on your server, that is fairly weird because Strawberry Perl comes with everything. If you're using ActiveState Perl, you can install the nmake executable. If you're using Cygwin Perl, I recommend against that, but there your system administrator should also install the make package.

In reply to Re: Installing modules on Windows 7 when FTP is blocked. by Corion
in thread Installing modules on Windows 7 when FTP is blocked. by ScottDeyo47

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