....when you get a module build failure, first thing is delete the whole thing, unpack it again fresh ... and try the build process again.... sometimes there are files left behind from somewhere.... maybe on the server that packed it up originally..... so if a rebuild gives the same error, .... then redownload from another cpan server or other source...and try again

...if that fails....

.... first google for the error message, like google for"Makefile:87: *** missing separator"

...if that don't reveal the answer....

...then check out the module's cpan bug page, see if the same error is listed....if not file a bug report

.... by the way, it would help if you showed what line 87 in the Makefile is, and maybe a few lines before it...