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in reply to Where do you actually extract a tarball? Strawberry

Yes, if you want to download the MODULE.tar.gz file directly from CPAN you can 'gunzip' and 'tar xf' where ever you like on the drive. From where ever that directory is, just do the incantation:

perl Makefile.PL dmake dmake test dmake install