I have a need to install CGI::Session in my home directory and I am having issues with that when I run 'make test'.

Also, whenever I try to install new modules and hit the 'make' command, it brings up error messages asking for certain prerequisite modules to be installed. Then, I have to get and install them from CPAN. Sometimes, it gets to 4 levels or more, which is frustrating. Is this how we go about installing new modules?

Below is the error message i get with CGI::Session but I was still able to install the module despite these errors. Should I go ahead and try the code if it works or get rid of the errors before trying anything? 

make test
        PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /pgesys/bin/perl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib -I/n
+et/opt/perl/lib/5.6.1/PA-RISC2.0 -I/net/opt/perl/lib/5.6.1 -e 'use Te
+st::Harness qw(&runtests $verbose); $verbose=0; runtests @ARGV;' t/*.
+t
t/api3_db_file......skipped: DB_File not available
t/api3_db_file_freezethaw.skipped: DB_File not available
t/api3_db_file_storable.skipped: DB_File not available
t/api3_db_file_storable_incr.skipped: DB_File not available
t/api3_file.........ok                                                
+       
t/api3_file_freezethaw.skipped: FreezeThaw not available
t/api3_file_freezethaw_incr.skipped: FreezeThaw not available
t/api3_file_storable.skipped: Storable not available
t/api3_file_storable_incr.skipped: Storable not available
t/api3_incr.........ok                                                
+       
t/api3_obj_store....skipped test on this platform
t/api3_obj_store_db_file.skipped: DB_File is not available
t/cgi_simple........skipped: CGI::Simple not installed, so skipping re
+lated tests.
t/complex_ds........ok                                                
+       
t/driver_dbi........FAILED tests 1-3                                  
+       
        Failed 3/3 tests, 0.00% okay
t/expire............FAILED tests 1-6                                  
+       
        Failed 6/6 tests, 0.00% okay
t/flush.............FAILED tests 1-2                                  
+       
        Failed 2/2 tests, 0.00% okay
t/g4................ok                                                
+       
t/g4_dbfile.........skipped: DB_File is NOT available
t/g4_dbfile_freezethaw.skipped: DB_File is NOT available
t/g4_dbfile_storable.skipped: DB_File is NOT available
t/g4_freezethaw.....skipped: FreezeThaw is NOT available
t/g4_mysql..........Use of uninitialized value in join or string at
        /net/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/PA-RISC2.0/DBI.pm line 383 (
+#1)
    (W uninitialized) An undefined value was used as if it were alread
+y
    defined.  It was interpreted as a "" or a 0, but maybe it was a mi
+stake.
    To suppress this warning assign a defined value to your variables.
    
    To help you figure out what was undefined, perl tells you what ope
+ration
    you used the undefined value in.  Note, however, that perl optimiz
+es your
    program and the operation displayed in the warning may not necessa
+rily
    appear literally in your program.  For example, "that $foo" is
    usually optimized into "that " . $foo, and the warning will refer 
+to
    the concatenation (.) operator, even though there is no . in your
    program.
    
Can't read $DBI::errstr, last handle unknown or destroyed at t/g4_mysq
+l.t line 45.
skipped: Couldn't establish connection with the MySQL server: Can't co
+nnect( user  HASH(0x40010b40)), no database driver specified and DBI_
+DSN env var not set at t/g4_mysql.t line 43
t/g4_mysql_freezethaw.skipped: FreezeThaw is NOT available
t/g4_mysql_storable.skipped: Storable is NOT available
t/g4_postgresql.....skipped: DataSource is not known
t/g4_postgresql_freezethaw.skipped: DataSource is not known
t/g4_postgresql_storable.skipped: DataSource is not known
t/g4_sqlite.........skipped: DBD::SQLite is NOT available
t/g4_sqlite_freezethaw.skipped: DBD::SQLite is NOT available
t/g4_sqlite_storable.skipped: DBD::SQLite is NOT available
t/g4_storable.......skipped: Storable is NOT available
t/header............FAILED tests 1-2                                  
+       
        Failed 2/2 tests, 0.00% okay
t/ip_matches........FAILED tests 1-18                                 
+       
        Failed 18/18 tests, 0.00% okay
t/is_new............FAILED tests 1-4                                  
+       
        Failed 4/4 tests, 0.00% okay
t/load..............FAILED tests 1-4                                  
+       
        Failed 4/4 tests, 0.00% okay
t/parse_dsn.........ok                                                
+       
t/remote_addr.......ok                                                
+       
t/str2seconds.......FAILED tests 1-9                                  
+       
        Failed 9/9 tests, 0.00% okay
Failed Test     Status Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
----------------------------------------------------------------------
+--------------------------------------------------
t/driver_dbi.t                 3    3 100.00%  1-3
t/expire.t                     6    6 100.00%  1-6
t/flush.t                      2    2 100.00%  1-2
t/header.t                     2    2 100.00%  1-2
t/ip_matches.t                18   18 100.00%  1-18
t/is_new.t                     4    4 100.00%  1-4
t/load.t                       4    4 100.00%  1-4
t/str2seconds.t                9    9 100.00%  1-9
25 tests skipped.
Failed 8/39 test scripts, 79.49% okay. 48/194 subtests failed, 75.26% 
+okay.
*** Error exit code 255

Stop.

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