The problem here is often ImageMagick not being installed. You have to install it first. Then you can install Image::Magick. The build system should handle this better. I just had this problem. 
D:\dbsync>cpanp install Image::Magick
[MSG] No 'C:\Documents and Settings\BradKing\Application Data\.cpanplu
+s\custom-s
ources' dir, skipping custom sources
Installing Image::Magick (6.004000)
Running [C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe C:\strawberry\perl\bin\cpanp-
+run-perl.b
at C:\DOCUME~1\BradKing\APPLIC~1\CPANPL~1\510~1.0\build\PerlMagick-6.4
+0\Makefile
.PL ]...
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lMagickCore
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lMagickWand
Writing Makefile for Image::Magick
[ERROR] MAKE failed: Bad file descriptor

[ERROR] Unable to create a new distribution object for 'Image::Magick'
+ -- cannot
 continue

*** Install log written to:
  C:\Documents and Settings\BradKing\Application Data\.cpanplus\instal
+l-logs\Ima
ge-Magick-6.004000-1217616167.log

Error installing 'Image::Magick'
Problem installing one or more modules

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In reply to Re: Strawberry and CPAN by EvanCarroll
in thread Strawberry and CPAN by Cody Pendant

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