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    Configuring Your Mac to Use CPAN
    Before we get into using CPAN to install modules for your own code, le
    +t's talk what happens if you find a really cool project on the Intern
    +et that uses CPAN modules. To get that code up and running, you'll ne
    +ed to install the modules from CPAN to your computer. So let's config
    +ure your Mac to use CPAN before we do anything else.
    First, CPAN uses some low-level tools to install modules on your Mac. 
    +Therefore, you will need to have either Xcode installed from the Mac 
    +App Store or you will need to download the Command Line Tools for Xco
    +de package from Apple's Developer site. (Note that you need a free de
    +veloper account to download these tools.) Once you have either Xcode 
    +or the Developer tools, let's install some modules!