your platform is not standards-compliant, you have to port this module first using some hardcoded config that will not work on your system Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Note (probably harmless): No library found for '-lpthreadVC2' Note (probably harmless): No library found for 'oldnames.lib' Note (probably harmless): No library found for 'msvcrt.lib' Writing Makefile for IO::AIO Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 6.00.8168.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved. cp AIO.pm blib\lib\IO/AIO.pm D:\cpanrun\build\5-6-1\bin\perl.exe -Id:\cpanrun\build\5-6-1\lib -Id:\cpanrun\build\5-6-1\lib D:\cpanrun\build\5-6-1\lib\ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap D:\cpanrun\build\5-6-1\lib\ExtUtils\typemap -typemap typemap AIO.xs > AIO.xsc && D:\cpanrun\build\5-6-1\bin\perl.exe -Id:\cpanrun\build\5-6-1\lib -Id:\cpanrun\build\5-6-1\lib -MExtUtils::Command -e mv AIO.xsc AIO.c cl -c -I/Perl/lib/CORE -I/sdk/include -I/vc98/include -I/gtk/include -I/gtk/include/pango-1.0 -I/gtk/include/glib-2.0 -I/gtk/lib/glib-2.0/include/ -I/gtk/include/freetype2 -nologo -O1 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -O1 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -DVERSION=\"2.51\" -DXS_VERSION=\"2.51\" -ID:\cpanrun\build\5-6-1\lib\CORE AIO.c AIO.c xthread.h(20) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'stdio.h': No such file or directory NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cl' : return code '0x2' Stop.