Re: difficulty using CPAN.pm

[davorg]

I'd advise making sure that you can build and install modules manually before using CPAN.pm. Try going thru the following steps:

• Download the gzip file for a module that you want from CPAN. Initially go for a pure-Perl module like the latest version of CGI.pm.
• Unzip and untar the file.
• Run thru the standard installation steps investigating any errors that you see:
  • perl Makefile.PL
  • make
  • make test
  • make install
• Having successfully installed a pure Perl module, try it again with a XS-based module like HTML::Parser.
• Once you've successfully built both types of module, try them again using CPAN.pm.

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