I have been charged with downloading this module (found here: http://search.cpan.org/~creamyg/Lingua-Stem-Snowball-0.952/lib/Lingua/Stem/Snowball.pm) but I cannot install it to my Windows 32-bit machine.

It might have something to do with my computer not being able to compile the c files that this module uses, or the xs ones. I really don't know what I'm talking about here, I'm sorry. I was wondering if there's a compiled version of this snowball interface somewhere, or if there's a compiler I can download, or another way to make this work.

Here's what my command line tells me:

C:\Documents and Settings\fdiazara\Desktop\Lingua-Stem-Snowball-0.952> + perl -w BUild.PL Checking whether your kit is complete... Looks good Math::BigInt: couldn't load specified math lib(s), fallback to Math::B +igInt::FastCalc at C:/Perl/lib/Win32API/File.pm line 20 Checking prerequisites... Looks good Deleting Build Removed previous script 'Build' ***This part comes up because I had +already tried installing before -Felipe Creating new 'Build' script for 'Lingua-Stem-Snowball' version '0.952' ...[Command line]> perl Build Math::BigInt: couldn't load specified math lib(s), fallback to Math::B +igInt:FastCalc at C:/Perl/lib/Win32API/File.pm line 20 Generating script 'libstemmer_c\libstemmer\libstemmer.ccs' cl -nologo -c @"libstemmer_c\libstemmer\libstemmer.ccs" -Fo"libstemmer +_c\libstemmer\libstemmer.obj" "libstemmer_c\libstemmer\libstemmer.c" 'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable pr +ogram or batch file. error building dll file from 'libstemmer_c/libstemmer/libstemmer.c' at C:/Perl/lib/ExtUtils/CBuilder/Platform/Windows.pm line 143. ...[command line]> perl Build test Math::BigInt: couldn't load specified math lib(s), fallback to Math::B +igInt:FastCalc at C:/Perl/lib/Win32API/File.pm line 20 Generating script 'libstemmer_c\libstemmer\libstemmer.ccs' cl -nologo -c @"libstemmer_c\libstemmer\libstemmer.ccs" -Fo"libstemmer +_c\libstemmer\libstemmer.obj" "libstemmer_c\libstemmer\libstemmer.c" 'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable pr +ogram or batch file. error building dll file from 'libstemmer_c/libstemmer/libstemmer.c' at C:/Perl/lib/ExtUtils/CBuilder/Platform/Windows.pm line 143. ...[command line]> perl Build install Math::BigInt: couldn't load specified math lib(s), fallback to Math::B +igInt:FastCalc at C:/Perl/lib/Win32API/File.pm line 20 Generating script 'libstemmer_c\libstemmer\libstemmer.ccs' cl -nologo -c @"libstemmer_c\libstemmer\libstemmer.ccs" -Fo"libstemmer +_c\libstemmer\libstemmer.obj" "libstemmer_c\libstemmer\libstemmer.c" 'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable pr +ogram or batch file. error building dll file from 'libstemmer_c/libstemmer/libstemmer.c' at C:/Perl/lib/ExtUtils/CBuilder/Platform/Windows.pm line 143.

Thank you so much for any help you can give!

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In reply to Compiling xs and c for Lingua::Stem::Snowball. by KillahFlippah

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