cpan enigma

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

What does this mean?

cpan> install Par::Packer
Warning: Cannot install Par::Packer, don't know what it is.
Try the command

    i /Par::Packer/

to find objects with matching identifiers.

cpan> i /Par::Packer/
Fetching with LWP:
http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/authors/id/R/RS/RSCHUPP/CHECKSUMS
Module id = PAR::Packer
    CPAN_USERID  RSCHUPP (Roderich Schupp <rschupp@cpan.org>)
    CPAN_VERSION 1.049
    CPAN_FILE    R/RS/RSCHUPP/PAR-Packer-1.049.tar.gz
    UPLOAD_DATE  2019-05-31
    INST_FILE    (not installed)
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It *looks* like it found it, but it says it doesn't know what that is. What do I do to help it "know" about that module.

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Re: cpan enigma by pryrt (Abbot) on Jan 10, 2020 at 16:20 UTC
module names are case sensitive, whereas the regex you searched with is not. Par::Packer is not the same as PAR::Packer.	[reply]
Re^2: cpan enigma by BernieC (Pilgrim) on Jan 10, 2020 at 17:05 UTC
Duh -- I didn't notice that the module it found was PAR. Stupid problem solved. Thanks!	[reply]
Re: cpan enigma by marto (Cardinal) on Jan 10, 2020 at 16:21 UTC
`Module id = PAR::Packer` [download] Case senstive, do `cpan PAR::Packer` or faster `cpanm PAR::Packer`, if you have cpanm :)	[reply] [d/l] [select]