Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lpopt Writing Makefile for Getopt::Popt cp Popt.pm blib/lib/Getopt/Popt.pm cp example.pl blib/lib/Getopt/example.pl /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 -typemap typemap -typemap typemap Popt.xs > Popt.xsc && mv Popt.xsc Popt.c gcc -c -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_REENTRANT -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O -DVERSION=\"0.02\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.02\" -fPIC "-I/export/home/cpanrun/build/5.8.0/lib/5.8.0/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/CORE" Popt.c Popt.xs:10: popt.h: No such file or directory make: *** [Popt.o] Error 1