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VultureNetHawk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

So, I am using a Mac OS X v10.6.8. I have installed some modules via CPAN. Now when I try to launch the CPAN shell, I get the following error text:

Can't locate ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /Library/Perl/Updates/5.10.0 /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0 /Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.10.0 /Network/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Network/Library/Perl/5.10.0 /Network/Library/Perl /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0 .) at /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0/CPAN.pm line 18. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0/CPAN.pm line 18. Compilation failed in require at /usr/bin/cpan5.10.0 line 176. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/cpan5.10.0 line 176.

I think the modules I have installed might have messed with the native Mac Perl? If there is no fix, is there any way to revert to a pristine install?