Re^4: I post to Perlmonks anonymously...

yeah, cpan on windows is famously #$@#$%!-prone.

you're probably missing the build utils, familiar tools on linux machines such as compilers and make

you want the Visual C++ Express Edition, now found here (formerly known as Visual C++ Toolkit).

oh and one more prerequisite to happy CPANing: good luck!

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