configure dies loading perl module CGI

I have a stable install of XAMPP running on a WinXP sp 3 box.

Walking through the install of Foswiki, I am at the 'configure' stage, but it keeps failing with the following page:

Software error:

Failed to load the perl module CGI qw(:any). The module could not be found. 

Please ensure that:
   1 CGI qw(:any) is installed,
   2 that the module is available on the @INC path,
   3 that the webserver user (SYSTEM) has permission to read the CGI qw(:any).pm file.
The detailed error seen was:
Use of uninitialized value $_ in -d at C:/xampp/perl/lib/CGI.pm line 4143.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 12) line 2.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 12) line 2.

Looking into CGI.pm line 4143, it is within package CGITempFile; sub find_tempdir{};

Any assistance on getting past this point so I can create the LocalSite.cfg would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Patrick

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These types of issues are probably better debugged interactively. If you still need assistance, please join the #foswiki support channel on IRC. We can help you resolve the issue.

• What version of CGI is installed
• What version and distribution of perl? Strawberry, ActiveState ?

-- GeorgeClark - 27 Nov 2011

It's been a while, but as it happens, the perl project has removed CGI as a default package. So it has to be installed using cpan tools.

-- GeorgeClark - 09 Jan 2015