Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lcqcam Writing Makefile for Device::QuickCam cp QuickCam.pm blib/lib/Device/QuickCam.pm cp cgicam.pl blib/lib/Device/cgicam.pl /home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/bin/perl -I/home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1/i686-linux-thread-multi -I/home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1 /home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1/ExtUtils/xsubpp -C++ -typemap /home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap perlobject.map -typemap typemap QuickCam.xs > QuickCam.xsc && mv QuickCam.xsc QuickCam.c Please specify prototyping behavior for QuickCam.xs (see perlxs manual) g++ -c -Ilibcqcam -Llibcqcam -DUSE_REENTRANT_API -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -DVERSION=\"0.02\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.02\" -fpic -I/home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1/i686-linux-thread-multi/CORE -DLINUX -DJPEG -DLOCKING QuickCam.c In file included from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.2/../../../../include/g++-3/iostream.h:31, from QuickCam.xs:16: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.2/../../../../include/g++-3/streambuf.h:405: parse error before `const' In file included from QuickCam.xs:16: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.2/../../../../include/g++-3/iostream.h:75: parse error before `char' make: *** [QuickCam.o] Error 1