C:\DBD-mysql-4.006>perl Makefile.PL --cflags=I%include% --libs=-L%lib% I will use the following settings for compiling and testing: cflags (User's choice) = IC:\Program embedded (guessed ) = libs (User's choice) = -LC:\Program nocatchstderr (default ) = 0 nofoundrows (default ) = 0 ssl (guessed ) = 0 testdb (default ) = test testhost (default ) = testpassword (default ) = testsocket (default ) = testuser (default ) = To change these settings, see 'perl Makefile.PL --help' and 'perldoc INSTALL'. Argument "6.42_01" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at Makefile.PL line 355. Note (probably harmless): No library found for oldnames.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for kernel32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for user32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for gdi32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for winspool.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for comdlg32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for advapi32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for shell32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for ole32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for oleaut32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for netapi32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for uuid.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for ws2_32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for mpr.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for winmm.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for version.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for odbc32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for odbccp32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for msvcrt.lib Using DBI 1.601 (for perl 5.010000 on MSWin32-x86-multi-thread) installed in C:/Perl/lib/auto/DBI/ Writing Makefile for DBD::mysql