Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for Device::ParallelPort::drv::parport cp parport.pm blib/lib/Device/ParallelPort/drv/parport.pm /export/home/cpanrun/build/5.8.0/bin/perl /export/home/cpanrun/build/5.8.0/lib/5.8.0/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap /export/home/cpanrun/build/5.8.0/lib/5.8.0/ExtUtils/typemap parport.xs > parport.xsc && mv parport.xsc parport.c Please specify prototyping behavior for parport.xs (see perlxs manual) gcc -c -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_REENTRANT -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O -DVERSION=\"1.0\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.0\" -fPIC "-I/export/home/cpanrun/build/5.8.0/lib/5.8.0/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/CORE" parport.c parport.xs:11: linux/parport.h: No such file or directory parport.xs:13: linux/ppdev.h: No such file or directory make: *** [parport.o] Error 1