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in reply to cpan problems

IO::Uncompress::Base is core and was first released with perl-5.9.4. If your version is less than that, then you'll have to install it. In the CPAN shell: 
cpan> install Bundle::Compress::Zlib

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or as a last resort: 
cpan> install Bundle::Compress::Zlib IO::Uncompress::Base

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