Hi I've just installed Perl 5.6.0 on Solaris 7. Steps I went thru include: (1) installed pcc-2.95 C Compiler (2) sh Configure to configure Perl (3) make (4) make test (5) make install - so far all OK. I now want to add some more modules via CPAN so: (6) perl -MCPAN -e shell and get the following messages. Any module I try and add, fails. THE COMMAND I RAN: perl -MCPAN -e shell ERRORS RECEIVED: Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/Term/Cap.pm line 284. Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/Term/Cap.pm line 284. cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.52) ReadLine support available (try ``install Bundle::CPAN'') ====> Any ideas???

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