set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3)

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

Hello monks,

I'm having trouble accessing modules from CPAN. I'm trying to get the Statistics::Distributions::Ancova module but I can't even get in. This is what my Command Prompt looks like (I'm on Windows 7)

C:\Users\Ryan>perl -MCPAN
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3)
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So I figured maybe the command prompt was actively doing something that I couldn't see but after an hour or so I gave up on it. Nothing more happened so I terminated the command. I think that I have to set up a gcc environment (duhr!). It's odd, I've never had my Command Prompt try to command me before...Does anybody have any idea how to do this?

On that note, please monks! I beg thee. I've been all over Google but I can't find anything.

I love you guys (and gals) ♥

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Re: set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3) by Anonymous Monk on Nov 10, 2011 at 22:56 UTC
Maybe if you tried `perl -MCPAN -e shell` See perlrun for the how/why Or simply use `cpan` as in `cpan.bat` or `perl -S cpan`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3) by ROFL (Initiate) on Nov 10, 2011 at 23:00 UTC
Thanks! That worked... Surprised it was so easy.	[reply]
Re^3: set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3) by Anonymous Monk on Nov 11, 2011 at 08:40 UTC
Basically, perl tries to read the script to execute from stdin (in this case, your keyboard) if no script was given on the command-line for it to execute. So it was waiting for your input for that hour. (To terminate the input, you can press ctrl-D on the command-line for Unix (you may have to press enter before that), and I believe it is ctrl-Z on dos/windows.)	[reply]