Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good 'cppstdin' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Checking for TDB_ERR_LOCK_TIMEOUT .. no Checking for hash_func argument to tdb_open_ex() .. no Note (probably harmless): No library found for -ltdb Writing Makefile for TDB_File Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 6.00.8168.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved. cp TDB_File.pm blib\lib\TDB_File.pm C:\cpanrun\build\5-10-0\bin\perl.exe C:\cpanrun\build\5-10-0\lib\ExtUtils\xsubpp -prototypes -typemap C:\cpanrun\build\5-10-0\lib\ExtUtils\typemap -typemap typemap TDB_File.xs > TDB_File.xsc && C:\cpanrun\build\5-10-0\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e mv TDB_File.xsc TDB_File.c cl -c -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=\"0.96\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.96\" "-IC:\cpanrun\build\5-10-0\lib\CORE" TDB_File.c TDB_File.c TDB_File.xs(6) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'tdb.h': No such file or directory NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cl' : return code '0x2' Stop.