Installing XML::Simple: Not so simple?

[Alexander von Below]

Hi there,

my goal is to install XML::Simple, but installation tells me "You must 
install either XML::SAX or XML::Parser before XML::Simple"
So far, so good. But installing XML::Parser tells me "Note (probably 
harmless): No library found for -lexpat", and this is probably 
everything but harmless, as the rest of the compile just blows errors 
at me (Expat.xs:12:19: expat.h: No such file or directory... and many 
more...)

So I got myself  expat-1.95.6 from sourceforge (added the 
get-version.sh file 
http://mail.libexpat.org/pipermail/expat-checkins/2002-May/000298.html) 
and did autoconf, ./configure, only to find that make gives me:
"lib/xmltok.h:143: syntax error, found `*'
lib/xmltok.h:143: illegal member declaration, missing name, found `)'
[... and many more]

So has anyone successfully installed XML::Parser? My problem for now is 
partially solved, as I was able to install XML::SAX, satisfying the 
requirements for XML::Simple, but I may need XML::Parser at some later 
date.

Thanks,

Alex