Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lkakasi Writing Makefile for Text::Kakasi cp Kakasi.pm blib/lib/Text/Kakasi.pm cp lib/Text/Kakasi/JP.pod blib/lib/Text/Kakasi/JP.pod /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 -typemap /home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1/ExtUtils/typemap Kakasi.xs > Kakasi.xsc && mv Kakasi.xsc Kakasi.c gcc -c -I/usr/local/include -DUSE_REENTRANT_API -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -DVERSION=\"2.04\" -DXS_VERSION=\"2.04\" -fpic -I/home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1/i686-linux-thread-multi/CORE -DWAKATIGAKI Kakasi.c Kakasi.xs:33: libkakasi.h: No such file or directory make: *** [Kakasi.o] Error 1