I got in touch with the maintainer of Wx after writing the OP. Save for the incompatibility with VS6, all the issues listed in the OP have been resolved.

I have just successfully installed Wx using the following procedure:

  1. Download "Visual C++ 2008 Express edition".
  2. Install it under C:\Progs (Or wherever you want. This is where I installed it.)
  3. "C:\Progs\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcvarsall"
  4. cpan Alien::wxWidgets (You can surely skip this step as it should be done by the next.)
  5. cpan Wx
  6. cpan Wx::Demo (optional)

My Perl:

My build environment:

The versions installed:

In reply to Re: Installation instructions for Wx (wxWidgets fomerly wxWindows) using ActivePerl (update) by ikegami
in thread Installation instructions for Wx (wxWidgets fomerly wxWindows) using ActivePerl by ikegami

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