Error while installing Alien::XGBoost library

Question

I'm unable to install the Alien::XGBoost library using the default installation of Strawberry Perl on Windows 10. I'm using the 64-bit version of Strawberry Perl.

When installing Alien::XGBoost, I receive an error on line 49 in the Alien/Build/CommandSequence.pm file as shown below.

gmake[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/STRAWB~1/cpan/build/Alien-XGBoost-0.04-1/_alien/build_wYwS'
Alien::Build::CommandSequence> + md "C:/STRAWB~1/cpan/build/Alien-XGBoost-0.04-1/blib/lib/auto/share/dist/Alien-XGBoost/dynamic"
Alien::Build::CommandSequence> + md "C:/STRAWB~1/cpan/build/Alien-XGBoost-0.04-1/blib/lib/auto/share/dist/Alien-XGBoost/bin"
Alien::Build::CommandSequence> + copy xgboost.exe C:/STRAWB~1/cpan/build/Alien-XGBoost-0.04-1/blib/lib/auto/share/dist/Alien-XGBoost/bin/
The syntax of the command is incorrect.
external command failed at C:/Strawberry/perl/site/lib/Alien/Build/CommandSequence.pm line 49.
gmake: *** [Makefile:2881: _alien/mm/build] Error 2
  PABLROD/Alien-XGBoost-0.04.tar.gz
  C:\STRAWB~1\c\bin\gmake.exe -- NOT OK
Stopping: 'install' failed for 'Alien::XGBoost'.

Answer 1

The author of the library just confirmed it was a bug. His statement is below. I installed the previous version and it worked perfectly.

Thanks for reporting this!!
It's a bug! I forgot to quote the path.
As you can see both md commands have the path double quoted (""), but not the copy command.
I'm working to fix it and also I'm going to get travis and appveyor integrations to avoid this in the future.
This weekend this will be fixed. Meanwhile please install the previous version:
cpanm PABLROD/Alien-XGBoost-0.03.tar.gz