The key line in your output is the following:

'nmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

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This means that the install process couldn't find nmake.exe. You can download nmake.exe v1.5, it will work but it is a fairly old one. You will have to extract it somewhere in the path, I recommend the same directory that perl.exe (the 5.8.8 version) lives in.

I see now that Date::Calc also will require a C compiler for installation/compilation. If you don't have one already (and your lack of nmake.exe hints at that), you will have to install MSVC 6 (to match ActiveState Perl) or go on the hunt for how to configure ActiveState Perl to use the MinGW gcc.exe. Alternatively, you can switch over to Strawberry Perl, which comes in a 5.8.8 version and includes a fitting and configured make tool (called dmake.exe) and the appropriate C compiler.

In reply to Re: Using cpan by Corion
in thread Using cpan by rpike

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