It's not obvious to me

Looking at the File::Repl-2.3 source, the cpan utility attempts to install Win32::API because the Makefile.PL tells it to do so. Line 32 of the Makefile.PL is: 
Win32::API         => 0,      # 0.2000.07.08,

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For installing with cpan, that line needs to be made invisible (eg by removing it) to all systems except Windows - or cpan needs to be ordered to not install missing dependencies (I think cpan can be configured to do that).

Another alternative is to download and unpack the File-Repl source, cd to the top level folder and build manually - ie run "perl Makefile.PL", then "make test", then "make install".
The "perl Makefile.PL" command will produce a warning that Win32::API is not installed. You can ignore that warning.
Any other bugs relating to File::Repl-2.3 on a non-Windows system should become evident during the "make test" stage.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re^5: Installing File::Repl on a Mac possible? by syphilis
in thread Installing File::Repl on a Mac possible? by nysus

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