Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 7.00.8882 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-2000. All rights reserved. at rerun perl Makefile.PL To build a library try something like this. ar -r libkdb c.o or libtool -static -o libkdb.a c.o perl Makefile.PL make make test # you must have a 'q' process running on port 2222 (q -p 2222) make install Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Warning: Guessing NAME [Kx] from current directory name.