Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for String::Trigram Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 6.00.8168.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved. cp Trigram.pm blib\lib\String\Trigram.pm C:\cpanrun\build\5-10-0\bin\perl.exe C:\cpanrun\build\5-10-0\lib\ExtUtils\xsubpp -typemap C:\cpanrun\build\5-10-0\lib\ExtUtils\typemap Trigram.xs > Trigram.xsc && C:\cpanrun\build\5-10-0\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e mv Trigram.xsc Trigram.c cl -c -I. -nologo -GF -W3 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPRIVLIB_LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DVERSION=\"0.1\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.1\" "-IC:\cpanrun\build\5-10-0\lib\CORE" Trigram.c Trigram.c C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\VC98\INCLUDE\malloc.h(109) : error C2059: syntax error : '(' C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\VC98\INCLUDE\malloc.h(110) : error C2059: syntax error : '(' C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\VC98\INCLUDE\malloc.h(111) : error C2059: syntax error : '(' NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cl' : return code '0x2' Stop.