Hi,
By my antiquated standards, if the source to this module was properly written, building this module would be as easy as: 
perl Makefile.PL INC="-IC:/_32/msys/1.0/local/include" LIBS="-LC:/_32/
+msys/1.0/local/lib -lgsl"
dmake test
dmake install

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But the days of such simplicity are long gone - and it's probably time for me to adjust to the complexity and frustration of Module::Build and its co-obfuscators. So ... let's start with the output of running 'perl Build.PL': 
Checking for GSL..'pkg-config' is not recognized as an internal or ext
+ernal command,
operable program or batch file.
 at Build.pl line 265
*** can not find package gsl
*** check that it is properly installed and available in PKG_CONFIG_PA
+TH
 at Build.pl line 265

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Where do I go from there ?
Line 265 of Build.PL is: 
my %gsl_pkgcfg = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->find ('gsl');

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I have (a static build of) gsl-1.11. The gsl includes are in C:/_32/msys/1.0/local/include/gsl and libgsl.a is in C:/_32/msys/1.0/local/lib.

Any help appreciated. I promise to try to refrain from the use of expletives during the course of this thread, but I can't guarantee that I'll succeed in meeting that objective. Frankly, when I see that perl Build.PL output, it just makes my blood boil.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Building Math-GSL-0.07 on Win32 (MinGW compiler) by syphilis

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