On downloading modules for ActiveState Perl you have the easiest way to go with the PPM (Perl Package Manager), that comes with your default installation of ActivePerl just like cpan (UPDATED)...Using PPM is the most direct forward, however, there are times when automating modules installation and compilation is not possible due to factors like network restrictions or unavailability . So you gotta resort to manual downloading of the module and compiling it afterwards.

You'd require a make utility in your case in here and there are many flavors out there on the Windows side:

But before that do your homework and read through Installing Modules, this is one skill you'd much need down the line and you better sharpen it now before later.

After getting one of these utilities and figuring it out you can just download any zipped Perl module from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, extract it to the Perl bin and run the make utility steps on it directly without having to invoke the shells for CPAN nor ppm neither.

Have a Happy Perl coding journey and welcome to the Monastery....

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In reply to Re: Can't install CPAN modules on XP by biohisham
in thread Can't install CPAN modules on XP by elef

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