Unable to install the perl module Net::SSH::Perl on windows 64 bit

Question

I have installed active perl on windows 2008 server (64 bit). I tried installing Net::SSH::Perl using the command cpan install Net::SSH::Perl. After asking a few questions it st

Answer 1

Net::SSH::Perl is old an unmaintained, use Net::SSH2 instead.

update: The Net::SSH2 distribution includes a file describing how to install it under Windows (BUILDING.WIN32).

Also, If you are using ActiveState Perl, you can get precompiled packages from here: http://www.sisyphusion.tk/ppm/