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in reply to Re: Installing CPAN on a Windows system
in thread Installing CPAN on a Windows system

Cygwin is, I believe, just for the tools GrandFather notes in the post. I use CPAN.pm on a system w/just the freebie NMAKE for "pure-Perl" modules, and CPAN.pm uses the Perl modules to take the place of those command-line tools with little problem.

----Asim, known to some as Woodrow.