cpan[1]> install Term::ReadLine The most recent version "1.04" of the module "Term::ReadLine" is part of the perl-5.10.1 distribution. To install that, you need to run force install Term::ReadLine --or-- install D/DA/DAPM/perl-5.10.1.tar.gz Running make test Can't test without successful make ... root@vbp35:/home/user# perl -V |head -3 Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration: Platform: ...