I have been trying to get the Device::USB module to load on my Windows XP system and can't get it to load.

I am using the standard "perl -MCPAN -e shell" command to execute this. I keep getting the following:

Starting Build Glue 3 Stage
Finished Build Glue 3 Stage

Starting Build Compile Stage
  Starting "perl Makefile.PL" Stage
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.4 (cygming special) (gdc 0.12, using dmd 
+0.125)
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lmsvcrt
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lkernel32
...
...
...
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lmsvcrt
Writing Makefile for Device::USB
  Finished "perl Makefile.PL" Stage

  Starting "make" Stage

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.

        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils\xsubpp  -typemap C:\
+Perl\lib\ExtUtils\typemap  USB.xs > USB.xsc && C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -
+MExtUtils::Command -e mv USB.xsc USB.c
        gcc -c  -IC:/Perl/cpan/build/Device-USB-0.34-IhhGzb -I"C:\Down
+loads\libusb-win32-bin-1.2.0.0\include"  -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE 
+-DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -D
PRIVLIB_LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_
+PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2 
+   -DVERSION=\"0.34\"  -DXS_VERSION=\"0.34\"  "-IC:\
Perl\lib\CORE"   USB.c
gcc: no input files
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0x1'
Stop.

A problem was encountered while attempting to compile and install your
+ Inline
C code. The command that failed was:
  nmake

The build directory was:
C:\Perl\cpan\build\Device-USB-0.34-IhhGzb\_Inline\build\Device\USB

To debug the problem, cd to the build directory, and inspect the outpu
+t files.

 at C:\Perl\cpan\build\Device-USB-0.34-IhhGzb\blib\lib/Device/USB.pm l
+ine 20
Compilation failed in require.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0x2'
Stop.
  GWADEJ/Device-USB-0.34.tar.gz
  nmake -- NOT OK
Failed during this command:
 GWADEJ/Device-USB-0.34.tar.gz                : make NO
[download]

cpan>

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