CPAN is 2.36, & in CPAN/MyConfing.pm already have set the optional install options, namely (recommends|suggests_policy, I could locate to false ... 

# Complete configuration is at the end.
...
  'build_requires_install_policy' => q[yes],
  'prerequisites_policy' => q[follow],
  'recommends_policy' => q[no],
  'suggests_policy' => q[no],
...

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How do I avoid installation of optional dependencies in SOAP::Lite 1.27 META.json. All of those (supposed optional dependencies) were installed anyway except "Apache" as there is no source around. A 2015 bug mentions that which has no response.

During the installation, Can't stat ... Please tell me where I can find your apache src keeps repeating endlessly until I interrupt (Ctrl-C) the damn thing ... 

Configuring G/GO/GOZER/mod_perl-1.31.tar.gz with Makefile.PL
Enter `q' to stop search
Please tell me where I can find your apache src
 [../apache_x.x/src] ../apache_x.x/src
Can't stat `../apache_x.x/src'
Please tell me where I can find your apache src
 [../apache_x.x/src] ../apache_x.x/src
Can't stat `../apache_x.x/src'
...

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Have I missed some other option to avoid the above madness?

My current plan is to remove Apache from META.{yaml,json}; recalculate the checksums to update CHECKSUMS, and try again.

I am actually trying to install App::SourcePlot, which results in above crap. 

$CPAN::Config = {
  'allow_installing_outdated_dists' => q[no],
  'applypatch' => q[],
  'auto_commit' => q[0],
  'build_cache' => q[100],
  'build_dir' => q[/home/USER/.local/share/.cpan/build],
  'build_dir_reuse' => q[no],
  'build_requires_install_policy' => q[yes],
  'bzip2' => q[/usr/bin/bzip2],
  'cache_metadata' => q[1],
  'check_sigs' => q[yes],
  'cleanup_after_install' => q[yes],
  'colorize_debug' => q[green on_black],
  'colorize_output' => q[yes],
  'colorize_print' => q[white on_black],
  'colorize_warn' => q[bright_red on_black],
  'commandnumber_in_prompt' => q[1],
  'connect_to_internet_ok' => q[1],
  'cpan_home' => q[/home/USER/.local/share/.cpan],
  'ftp_passive' => q[1],
  'ftp_proxy' => q[],
  'getcwd' => q[cwd],
  'gpg' => q[/usr/bin/gpg],
  'gzip' => q[/usr/bin/gzip],
  'halt_on_failure' => q[yes],
  'histfile' => q[/home/USER/.local/share/.cpan/histfile],
  'histsize' => q[100],
  'http_proxy' => q[],
  'inactivity_timeout' => q[0],
  'index_expire' => q[1],
  'inhibit_startup_message' => q[0],
  'keep_source_where' => q[/home/USER/.local/share/.cpan/sources],
  'load_module_verbosity' => undef,
  'make' => q[/usr/bin/make],
  'make_arg' => q[],
  'make_install_arg' => q[],
  'make_install_make_command' => q[/usr/bin/make],
  'makepl_arg' => q[],
  'mbuild_arg' => q[],
  'mbuild_install_arg' => q[],
  'mbuild_install_build_command' => q[./Build],
  'mbuildpl_arg' => q[],
  'no_proxy' => q[],
  'pager' => q[/usr/bin/less],
  'patch' => q[/usr/bin/patch],
  'perl5lib_verbosity' => q[none],
  'prefer_external_tar' => q[1],
  'prefer_installer' => q[MB],
  'prefs_dir' => q[/home/USER/.local/share/.cpan/prefs],
  'prerequisites_policy' => q[follow],
  'pushy_https' => q[1],
  'recommends_policy' => q[no],
  'scan_cache' => q[atstart],
  'shell' => q[/bin/sh],
  'show_unparsable_versions' => q[0],
  'show_upload_date' => q[0],
  'show_zero_versions' => q[0],
  'suggests_policy' => q[no],
  'tar' => q[/usr/bin/tar],
  'tar_verbosity' => q[none],
  'term_is_latin' => q[1],
  'term_ornaments' => q[1],
  'test_report' => q[0],
  'trust_test_report_history' => q[0],
  'unzip' => q[/usr/bin/unzip],
  'urllist' => [q[https://cpan.metacpan.org/]],
  'use_prompt_default' => q[yes],
  'use_sqlite' => q[0],
  'version_timeout' => q[15],
  'wget' => q[/usr/bin/wget],
  'yaml_load_code' => q[0],
  'yaml_module' => q[YAML],
};

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