Hi,

I am encountering a stange error on a fairly fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04.1 32bit when I try to install Wx::TreeListCtrl 0.13 via cpan:
$ sudo cpan Wx::TreeListCtrl CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.27) Going to read '/home/isync/.cpan/Metadata' Database was generated on Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:06:54 GMT Running install for module 'Wx::TreeListCtrl' Running make for M/MD/MDOOTSON/Wx-TreeListCtrl-0.13.tar.gz CPAN: Digest::SHA loaded ok (v5.61) CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok (v2.033) Checksum for /home/isync/.cpan/sources/authors/id/M/MD/MDOOTSON/Wx-Tre +eListCtrl-0.13.tar.gz ok CPAN: File::Temp loaded ok (v0.22) CPAN: Parse::CPAN::Meta loaded ok (v1.4401) CPAN: CPAN::Meta loaded ok (v2.112621) CPAN: Module::CoreList loaded ok (v2.49_02) CPAN.pm: Going to build M/MD/MDOOTSON/Wx-TreeListCtrl-0.13.tar.gz Writing 'cpp/ovl_const.h'. Writing 'cpp/ovl_const.cpp'. Searching configuration for: wxWidgets (any version) for (any toolkit); compiler compatibility: (an +y compiler) (any version); Available configurations: wxWidgets 2.008012 for gtk2; compiler compatibility: gcc 3.4; options: + no debug, unicode, no mslu Warning: No success on command[/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=s +ite] CPAN: YAML loaded ok (v0.84) MDOOTSON/Wx-TreeListCtrl-0.13.tar.gz /usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site -- NOT OK Running make test Make had some problems, won't test Running make install Make had some problems, won't install Could not read metadata file. Falling back to other methods to determi +ne prerequisites
Any pointers?

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