I have been running perl under Cygwin on Windows NT for quite some time and have never had any problems using "perl -MCPAN -e shell" to install modules. I just recently had my PC replaced and a brand new fresh install of Windows 2000. (Don't ask me why our IT dept is only now upgrading everyone to Win 2k and not just jumping straight to Win XP).

The problem I am having is that now that I have reinstalled the Cygwin software and the latest version of perl I can't install perl modules at all.

Here's what I get:

[HoltCX01@is-0084526]~/.perlmodules/Mail-POP3Client-2.14:
$ perl Makefile.PL 
Unable to find a perl 5 (
  by these names:
    perl.exe perl.exe perl5.exe perl5.8.0.exe miniperl.exe,
  in these dirs:
    /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin . /usr/bin /usr/X11R6/bin /c/WINNT/sy
+stem32
    /c/WINNT /c/WINNT/System32/Wbem /c/DMI/bin /c/WINNT/system32/nls
    /c/WINNT/system32/nls/English /c/ORANT/BIN /c/WINNT/system32/nls
    /c/WINNT/system32/nls/ENGLISH /c/veritas/netbackup/bin
    /c/veritas/netbackup/bin/admincmd
    /c/veritas/volmgr/bin Z . /home/HoltCX01 /home/HoltCX01/bin /usr/b
+in
)

Warning: I could not locate your pod2man program. Please make sure,
         your pod2man program is in your PATH before you execute 'make
+'

Writing Makefile for Mail::POP3Client
[HoltCX01@is-0084526]~/.perlmodules/Mail-POP3Client-2.14:
$
$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:.:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:
/c/WINNT/system32:/c/WINNT:/c/WINNT/System32/Wbem:
/c/DMI/bin:/c/WINNT/system32/nls:/c/WINNT/system32/nls/English:
/c/ORANT/BIN:/c/WINNT/system32/nls:/c/WINNT/system32/nls/ENGLISH:
/c/veritas/netbackup/bin:/c/veritas/netbackup/bin/admincmd:
/c/veritas/volmgr/bin:Z:.:/home/HoltCX01:/home/HoltCX01/bin
[HoltCX01@is-0084526]~/.perlmodules/Mail-POP3Client-2.14:

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Any ideas?

Gorio

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In reply to Can't install modules. by Gorio3721

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