I am having trouble installing Win32::GuiTest. It is throwing an error as below.
"dmake.exe: Error code 255, while making 'test_dynamic'"
Please help.

cpan> install Win32::GuiTest
Could not read metadata file. Falling back to other methods to determi
+ne prerequisites
Running install for module 'Win32::GuiTest'
Running make for K/KA/KARASIK/Win32-GuiTest-1.60.tar.gz
  Checksum was ok
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/CHANGES
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/DibSect.cpp
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/dibsect.h
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/ask.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/calc.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/excel.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/excel2.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/fonts.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/iswindowstyle.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/keypress.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/make_eg.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/menuselect.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/notepad.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/notepad_text.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/paint.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/paint_abs.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/pushbutton.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/rawkey.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/selecttabitem.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/showcpl.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/showmouse.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/showwin.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/spy--.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/spy.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/start.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/tab.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/waitwindow.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/which.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/winbmp.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/eg/wptr.pl
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/GuiTest.xs
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/lib/
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/lib/Win32/
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/lib/Win32/GuiTest/
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/lib/Win32/GuiTest/Cmd.pm
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/lib/Win32/GuiTest/Examples.pm
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/lib/Win32/GuiTest/GuiTest.pc
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/lib/Win32/GuiTest.pm
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/Makefile.PL
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/MANIFEST
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/META.json
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/META.yml
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/perlobject.map
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/README
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/Recorder/
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/Recorder/Copying.txt
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/Recorder/README.txt
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/Recorder/Win32GuiTest.exe
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/t/
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/t/01_basic.t
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/t/02_calc.t
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/t/03_cpl.t
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/t/04_std.t
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/t/05_which.t
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/t/06_sendkeys.t
Win32-GuiTest-1.60/typemap
Could not make: Unknown error
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

cpan> install Make
Running install for module 'Make'
Running make for N/NI/NI-S/Make-1.00.tar.gz
Fetching with LWP:
http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN/authors/id/N/NI/NI-S/Make-1.00.tar.gz
Fetching with LWP:
http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN/authors/id/N/NI/NI-S/CHECKSUMS
Checksum for C:\Perl64\cpan\sources\authors\id\N\NI\NI-S\Make-1.00.tar
+.gz ok
Make-1.00/
Make-1.00/bmake
Make-1.00/t/
Make-1.00/t/make.t
Make-1.00/MANIFEST
Make-1.00/Makefile.PL
Make-1.00/Changes
Make-1.00/Make.pm
Make-1.00/MANIFEST.SKIP
Make-1.00/README
Make-1.00/pmake

  CPAN.pm: Going to build N/NI/NI-S/Make-1.00.tar.gz

Set up gcc environment - 4.4.7 20111023 (prerelease) [svn/rev.180339 -
+ mingw-w64/oz]
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Make
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
cp Make.pm blib\lib\Make.pm
C:\Perl64\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e cp -- pmake blib\script\
+pmake
pl2bat.bat blib\script\pmake
dmake.exe:  Warning: -- Target [blib\script\pmake] was made but the ti
+me stamp has not been upda
  NI-S/Make-1.00.tar.gz
  C:\STRAWB~1\c\bin\dmake.exe -- OK
Running make test
C:\Perl64\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e cp -- pmake blib\script\
+pmake
pl2bat.bat blib\script\pmake
dmake.exe:  Warning: -- Target [blib\script\pmake] was made but the ti
+me stamp has not been upda
C:\Perl64\bin\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0,
+ 'blib\lib', 'blib\arch')"
t/make.t .. Reading C:\Perl64\cpan\build\Make-1.00-PtRHHv\blib\lib/Mak
+e.pm
Reading C:\Perl64\cpan\build\Make-1.00-PtRHHv\Makefile
t/make.t .. 1/2 # Test 2 got: "Cannot recurse Make - no target C:\\Per
+l64\\libConfig.pm in C:/Pe
build\\Make-1.00-PtRHHv\\blib\\lib/Make.pm line 454.\n" (t/make.t at l
+ine 9)
#   Expected: "" (Make all)
#  t/make.t line 9 is: ok($@,'',"Make all");
t/make.t .. Failed 1/2 subtests

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/make.t (Wstat: 0 Tests: 2 Failed: 1)
  Failed test:  2
Files=1, Tests=2,  1 wallclock secs ( 0.05 usr +  0.03 sys =  0.08 CPU
+)
Result: FAIL
Failed 1/1 test programs. 1/2 subtests failed.
dmake.exe:  Error code 255, while making 'test_dynamic'
  NI-S/Make-1.00.tar.gz
  C:\STRAWB~1\c\bin\dmake.exe test -- NOT OK
//hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, t
+ry:
  reports NI-S/Make-1.00.tar.gz
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
Failed during this command:
 NI-S/Make-1.00.tar.gz                        : make_test NO

cpan> install Make
Running install for module 'Make'
Running make for N/NI/NI-S/Make-1.00.tar.gz
  Has already been unwrapped into directory C:\Perl64\cpan\build\Make-
+1.00-PtRHHv
  Has already been made
Running make test
C:\Perl64\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e cp -- pmake blib\script\
+pmake
pl2bat.bat blib\script\pmake
dmake.exe:  Warning: -- Target [blib\script\pmake] was made but the ti
+me stamp has not been upda
C:\Perl64\bin\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0,
+ 'blib\lib', 'blib\arch')"
t/make.t .. Reading C:\Perl64\cpan\build\Make-1.00-PtRHHv\blib\lib/Mak
+e.pm
Reading C:\Perl64\cpan\build\Make-1.00-PtRHHv\Makefile
t/make.t .. 1/2 # Test 2 got: "Cannot recurse Make - no target C:\\Per
+l64\\libConfig.pm in C:/Pe
build\\Make-1.00-PtRHHv\\blib\\lib/Make.pm line 454.\n" (t/make.t at l
+ine 9)
#   Expected: "" (Make all)
#  t/make.t line 9 is: ok($@,'',"Make all");
t/make.t .. Failed 1/2 subtests

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/make.t (Wstat: 0 Tests: 2 Failed: 1)
  Failed test:  2
Files=1, Tests=2,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.05 usr +  0.03 sys =  0.08 CPU
+)
Result: FAIL
Failed 1/1 test programs. 1/2 subtests failed.
dmake.exe:  Error code 255, while making 'test_dynamic'
  NI-S/Make-1.00.tar.gz
  C:\STRAWB~1\c\bin\dmake.exe test -- NOT OK
//hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, t
+ry:
  reports NI-S/Make-1.00.tar.gz
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
Failed during this command:
 NI-S/Make-1.00.tar.gz                        : make_test NO

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