Hab mal gerade neuste AP version installiert und war nach der eingabe von cpan ganz überrascht:

cpan

It looks like you don't have a C compiler and make utility installed. Trying
to install dmake and the MinGW gcc compiler using the Perl Package Manager.
This may take a a few minutes...

Downloading ActiveState Package Repository packlist...done
Updating ActiveState Package Repository database...done
Syncing site PPM database with .packlists...done
Downloading MinGW-5.1.4.1...done
Downloading dmake-4.11.20080107...done
Unpacking MinGW-5.1.4.1...done
Unpacking dmake-4.11.20080107...done
Generating HTML for MinGW-5.1.4.1...done
Generating HTML for dmake-4.11.20080107...done
Updating files in site area...done
1070 files installed

Please use the `dmake` program to run commands from a Makefile!

Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3)

cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.9402)
Enter 'h' for help.


auch wenn es das jetzt nicht wirklich gebraucht hätte.