That doesn't run perl as a shell (no such thing).

It's obvious I meant a 'cpan' shell (me being a newbie, and you being an "expert")

That won't always work

Why won't it always work ?

.. so you should read A Guide to Installing modules

Which is the same node as suggested before. I have read it, digested it, and tried most of the methods to fix this. I guess I need to read it again (sigh)

Peter