I used the ExtUtils::Install module as per Crazyinsomniac's instructions here.
Why did you ignore the rest of the instructions?
I didn't use PPM because Crazyinsomniac's version didn't seem to come with a ppd file.
The .ppd link on the page was just a string of text about the module.
You are wrong
C:\>GET http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/5.8/SDL_Perl.ppd
<SOFTPKG NAME="SDL_Perl" VERSION="2,1,0,0">
<TITLE>SDL_Perl</TITLE>
<ABSTRACT>Simple DirectMedia Layer for Perl</ABSTRACT>
<AUTHOR>David J. Goehrig <DGOEHRIG@cpan.org></AUTHOR>
<IMPLEMENTATION>
<INSTALL EXEC="PPM_PERL" HREF="http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.
+org/perl/ppm/scripts/install_sdl">install_sdl</INSTALL>
<PERLCORE VERSION="5,008000,0,0" />
<OS NAME="MSWin32" />
<ARCHITECTURE NAME="MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8" />
<CODEBASE HREF="SDL_Perl-2.1.0.tar.gz" />
</IMPLEMENTATION>
</SOFTPKG>
C:\>
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