Getting cpanm to work in Windows 7

rowan has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm pretty new to Perl, but now I need to install and use a Perl software package (Daniel Klein's thermd). It requires a whole series of CPAN modules. I'm using Windows 7. I have so far done the following:

Updated my ActiveState Perl installation to the latest version.
In a command window opened using Run as Administrator, typed cpan App::cpanminus
Got a long list of log info containing many error messages and warnings, the most interesting of which was probably several Access Denied messages. I tried capturing the log into a file here which shows the following several times:
```
  nmake -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
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```
Strangely it does not include the Access Denied messages. You can see as much of the text as was saved in the command window here (sorry about the line wrapping - blame Windows, not me).

This all smells of some kind of Windows 7 permissions problem...

Can anyone guide me how to get through this stage so I can install the CPN modules, and then (hopefully) get thermd to run?

Many thanks - Rowan

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Re: Getting cpanm to work in Windows 7 by choroba (Cardinal) on Oct 20, 2011 at 14:49 UTC
The important line is the line before the quoted lines: `'nmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Getting cpanm to work in Windows 7 by Anonymous Monk on Oct 20, 2011 at 12:57 UTC
Pick one (first) failing prerequisite, and look ( see Re: General tips for CPAN troubleshooting) then `perl Makefile.PL ...` Alternatively, try cpanp i App::cpanminus	[reply]
Re: Getting cpanm to work in Windows 7 by keszler (Priest) on Oct 20, 2011 at 13:14 UTC
If you're using Activestate's Perl, you should use Activestate's Perl Package Manager: `C:\>ppm install Some::Module`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Getting cpanm to work in Windows 7 by Anonymous Monk on Oct 20, 2011 at 13:20 UTC
If you're using Activestate's Perl, you should use Activestate's Perl Package Sure, if you want an old version/old version	[reply]