by davorg (Chancellor)

on Jul 25, 2000 at 08:39 UTC ( [id://24258]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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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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