I can't see a libkdb. You need to download c.o from http://kx.com/q/ and build a library I can use (libkdb.a). Once you have that rerun perl Makefile.PL To build a library try something like this. ar -r libkdb c.o or libtool -static -o libkdb.a c.o perl Makefile.PL make make test # you must have a 'q' process running on port 2222 (q -p 2222) make install Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Warning: Guessing NAME [Kx] from current directory name. make: Nothing to be done for `all'. make: Nothing to be done for `test'. make: Nothing to be done for `install'.