[root@localhost root]# perl -MCPAN -e shell

cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.70)
ReadLine support enabled

cpan> ! $CPAN::DEBUG = 1;
cpan> i DBI
Debug(CPAN:-e,1,[CPAN::shell|1|UNDEF|UNDEF|UNDEF|0|UUUUUUUUUUUU]): line[i|DBI]
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read /root/.cpan/Metadata
  Database was generated on Mon, 12 May 2003 01:42:45 GMT
CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok
Fetching with LWP:
  ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
Going to read /root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok
Fetching with LWP:
  ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
Going to read /root/.cpan/sources/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
  Database was generated on Tue, 13 May 2003 13:42:47 GMT
Debug(CPAN:/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/CPAN.pm,3329,[CPAN::all_objects|1|1|UNDEF|UNDEF|0|UUUUUUUUUUUU]): mgr[CPAN=HASH(0x848cf08)] class[CPAN::Module]
Debug(CPAN:/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/CPAN.pm,3329,[CPAN::all_objects|1|1|UNDEF|UNDEF|0|UUUUUUUUUUUU]): mgr[CPAN=HASH(0x848cf08)] class[CPAN::Bundle]
Debug(CPAN:/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/CPAN.pm,3329,[CPAN::all_objects|1|1|UNDEF|UNDEF|0|UUUUUUUUUUUU]): mgr[CPAN=HASH(0x848cf08)] class[CPAN::Distribution]
Fetching with LWP:
  ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz
Going to read /root/.cpan/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz
Going to write /root/.cpan/Metadata
Strange distribution name [DBI]
Bundle          Bundle::DBI     (T/TI/TIMB/DBI-1.35.tar.gz)
Module          DBI             (T/TI/TIMB/DBI-1.35.tar.gz)
2 items found

cpan> i Palm
Debug(CPAN:-e,1,[CPAN::shell|1|UNDEF|UNDEF|UNDEF|0|UUUUUUUUUUUU]): line[i|Palm]
Strange distribution name [Palm]
No objects found of any type for argument Palm

cpan> i DBD
Debug(CPAN:-e,1,[CPAN::shell|1|UNDEF|UNDEF|UNDEF|0|UUUUUUUUUUUU]): line[i|DBD]
Strange distribution name [DBD]
No objects found of any type for argument DBD

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