Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lbass Please make sure that bass.lib can be found within the library path or the module won't compile at Makefile.PL line 17. Writing Makefile for Audio::BASSXS cp lib/Audio/BASSXS.pm blib/lib/Audio/BASSXS.pm AutoSplitting blib/lib/Audio/BASSXS.pm (blib/lib/auto/Audio/BASSXS) /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 -typemap typemap BASSXS.xs > BASSXS.xsc && mv BASSXS.xsc BASSXS.c gcc -c -I. -DUSE_REENTRANT_API -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -DVERSION=\"0.02\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.02\" -fpic -I/home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1/i686-linux-thread-multi/CORE BASSXS.c BASSXS.xs:7: bass.h: No such file or directory make: *** [BASSXS.o] Error 1