I'm trying to manually install the DBI module from CPAN using the command prompt on Windows 10.

After I downloaded the zip file in CPAN, I extracted it to the C: directory. When I typed in C:>cpan Module::DBI in the command prompt, it shows this line of error:

"Warning: Cannot install Module::DBI, don't know what it is"

What am I doing wrong?

************************************************************** MAJOR UPDATE************************************************************

I found out that the Strawberry installed in my computer is an old version.
So, I uninstalled it, downloaded and installed the latest version

And then, I successfully installed the DBI module

I'm sorry for wasting your time. Thank you very much for your help.

In reply to Error when installing cpan's DBI module in Strawberry Perl by underTheRadar

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