nmake install problem for tieExcel

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

Mighty monks of mystery and mercy!

I'm trying to install Spreadsheet-TieExcel-0.73 on my system, winxp, activestate. ppm install didn't work OOTB. My ppm fu is pretty weak, I don't know how to locate another repository. So I tried just downloading and making with nmake.

I get

WARNING: missing nmake.err; displaying error numbers without messages. Makefile.pl(4) : U1035: Stop.

The makefile is just

use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
# See lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm for details of how to influence
# the contents of the Makefile that is written.
WriteMakefile(
    'NAME'        => 'Spreadsheet::TieExcel',
    'VERSION_FROM'    => 'TieExcel.pm',
    'PREREQ_PM'        => {Win32::OLE},
);
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Anyone know what's going on? Should I submit a bug report to CPAN?

Or, alternative to nmake, how do I go about finding a repository for this mod so I can get the job done automagically with ppm?

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Re: nmake install problem for tieExcel by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 29, 2005 at 09:18 UTC
This is a problem with how you installed `nmake`. `nmake` comes as two files, `nmake.exe` and `nmake.err` and they must both reside in the same directory. If you unpack them into the same directory, it should all work.	[reply]
Re: nmake install problem for tieExcel by tphyahoo (Vicar) on Apr 29, 2005 at 10:17 UTC
Thanks corion. Fixed that. Now I've got `Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved. <p> Makefile.pl(4) : fatal error U1035: syntax error : expected ':' or '=' + separator Stop.` [download] Should I give up? File a bug report? Read a make tutorial?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: nmake install problem for tieExcel by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Apr 29, 2005 at 10:21 UTC
This is probably a silly question but you are doing: `perl Makefile.PL nmake nnake test nmake install` [download] Rather than something silly like `nmake -f Makefile.PL` ? /J\	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: nmake install problem for tieExcel by tphyahoo (Vicar) on Apr 29, 2005 at 10:27 UTC
gellyfish, yes, I was doing that. Arg. Never mind!	[reply]
Re^4: nmake install problem for tieExcel by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Apr 29, 2005 at 10:31 UTC
Re: nmake install problem for tieExcel by dmorelli (Scribe) on Apr 29, 2005 at 14:04 UTC
Mighty monks of mystery and mercy! Heh, amusing greeting. ++	[reply]