Thanks for the reply. I tried the suggestions and still get the same error.
I am digging into the files to try to get a clue, but I sure would appreciated more suggestions if anyone has any.
So far one thing bothers me (besides not being able to do the install); all the MakeMaker.pm files on my machine seem to contain "package ExtUtils::MakeMaker". From what I have seen and the comments I received so far I was expecting at least one of them to contain "package Inline::MakeMaker". Is this a good assumption?