So, I need some help. I've been working on a project for a bit using several BioPerl Modules, and I'm having a hard time getting them set up and installed. I started with an Activestate install of Perl, and installed CPAN. However, the problem I was having is that I have a few required Perl modules that I was unable to install with CPAN, including Bio::Seq. CPAN told me two things: #1 I was missing two dependencies, including Data::Stag. and #2 dmake kept failing to execute (likely it didn't exist on my system). I tried to install the dependencies that I was missing, but I kept getting the same installation errors as #2. Because of this I came to the Monastery where someone suggested trying Citrus Perl instead of ActiveState, which I am now trying. I have downloaded and setup citrus perl such that I can us citrussterm.bat, but I'm honestly lost at this point. I would like to try and remove my previous (ActiveState) installation of perl and start over with CitrusPerl and get the modules I need installed. I'd really appreciate any help with this that I can get. Thanks a ton, -A Noob with a keyboard. Update: Now when I run CPAN.bat to launch cpan from the CitrusPerl directory and try to install the modules I need I keep getting the following error: "Could not make: unknown error"

In reply to Getting started with BioPerl on Windows 8.1 64-bit by bls61793

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