Installing SageMath packages on windows 10 - "cannot run C compiled programs" - sage

Question

I just did a fresh install of SageMath 8.9 (Windows installer 0.5.1).
I want to use "The Normaliz backend for polyhedral computations".
I run the sage -i pynormaliz inside SageMath 8.9 Shell. It starts acquiring yasm, and halts:
[yasm-1.3.0.p0] checking whether we are cross compiling... configure: error: in `/opt/sagemath-8.9/local/var/tmp/sage/build/yasm-1.3.0.p0/src':
[yasm-1.3.0.p0] configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
I'm now sure how to proceed.
The config.log seems to indicate the problem is in permissions? We have in console.log:
...
configure:3758: ./conftest.exe
./configure: line 3760: ./conftest.exe: Permission denied
configure:3762: $? = 126
configure:3769: error: in `/opt/sagemath-8.9/local/var/tmp/sage/build/yasm-1.3.0.p0/src':
configure:3771: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.
See `config.log' for more details
I do not know how to circumvent this.
Here is the whole config.log
This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
It was created by yasm configure 1.3.0, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69. Invocation command line was
$ ./configure --prefix=/opt/sagemath-8.9/local --libdir=/opt/sagemath-8.9/local/lib
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## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##
configure:2536: checking for a BSD-compatible install
configure:2604: result: /usr/bin/install -c
configure:2615: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:2670: result: yes
configure:2821: checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p
configure:2860: result: /usr/bin/mkdir -p
configure:2867: checking for gawk
configure:2883: found /usr/bin/gawk
configure:2894: result: gawk
configure:2905: checking whether make sets $(MAKE)
configure:2927: result: yes
configure:2956: checking whether make supports nested variables
configure:2973: result: yes
configure:3099: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles
configure:3108: result: no
configure:3204: checking for style of include used by make
configure:3232: result: GNU
configure:3303: checking for gcc
configure:3330: result: gcc
configure:3559: checking for C compiler version
configure:3568: gcc --version >&5
gcc (GCC) 7.4.0
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
configure:3579: $? = 0
configure:3568: gcc -v >&5
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
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configure:3579: $? = 0
configure:3568: gcc -V >&5
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-V'
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:3579: $? = 1
configure:3568: gcc -qversion >&5
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-qversion'; did you mean '--version'?
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:3579: $? = 1
configure:3599: checking whether the C compiler works
configure:3621: gcc -L/opt/sagemath-8.9/local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/opt/sagemath-8.9/local/lib conftest.c >&5
configure:3625: $? = 0
configure:3673: result: yes
configure:3676: checking for C compiler default output file name
configure:3678: result: a.exe
configure:3684: checking for suffix of executables
configure:3691: gcc -o conftest.exe -L/opt/sagemath-8.9/local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/opt/sagemath-8.9/local/lib conftest.c >&5
configure:3695: $? = 0
configure:3717: result: .exe
configure:3739: checking whether we are cross compiling
configure:3747: gcc -o conftest.exe -L/opt/sagemath-8.9/local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/opt/sagemath-8.9/local/lib conftest.c >&5
configure:3751: $? = 0
configure:3758: ./conftest.exe
./configure: line 3760: ./conftest.exe: Permission denied
configure:3762: $? = 126
configure:3769: error: in `/opt/sagemath-8.9/local/var/tmp/sage/build/yasm-1.3.0.p0/src':
configure:3771: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.
See `config.log' for more details
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configure: exit 1