I would get rid of both and use http://perlbrew.pl. Perlbrew is a program that manages your whole perl environment. Most Unix variants rely on the Operating System installed Perl for whatever, so it is not safe to screw with.

Perlbrew lets you keep different version of Perl with different local cpan installations. It is really nice to have and solves your current dilemma, which is mostly a subjective decision. It is not going to hurt to have two .cpans, just annoying. Installing software of unknown origin as root, also annoying, and potentially subvertible. Installing as an unprivileged user, can only compromise ports 1025-65535, and everything that user has access to.

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In reply to Re: Proper CPAN Installation by trippledubs
in thread Proper CPAN Installation by Cmdr Colstel

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