I am having terrible luck with using perl -MCPAN -e shell to download modules from CPAN. They go through all the dependencies and then it just fails in the end and dies. I have gotten numerous errors. Now when I start up MCPAN it prompts for for stuff I am not quite sure of: 
Sorry, we have to rerun the configuration dialog for CPAN.pm due to
the following indispensable but missing parameters:

mbuild_arg, mbuild_install_arg, mbuild_install_build_command, mbuildpl
+_arg


The next questions deal with Module::Build support.

A Build.PL is run by perl in a separate process. Likewise we run
'./Build' and './Build install' in separate processes. If you have any
parameters you want to pass to the calls, please specify them here.

Parameters for the 'perl Build.PL' command?
Typical frequently used settings:

    --install_base /home/xxx             # different installation dire
+ctory

Your choice:  []
Parameters for the './Build' command?
Setting might be:

    --extra_linker_flags -L/usr/foo/lib  # non-standard library locati
+on

Your choice:  []
Do you want to use a different command for './Build install'?
Sudo users will probably prefer:

    su root -c ./Build
or
    sudo ./Build
or
    /path1/to/sudo -u admin_account ./Build

or some such. Your choice:  [./Build]
Parameters for the './Build install' command?
Typical frequently used setting:

    --uninst 1                           # uninstall conflicting files

Your choice:  []


Please remember to call 'o conf commit' to make the config permanent!


cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.8801)
ReadLine support enabled

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That happened after I ran install Bundle::CPAN. The problems are also occuring when I am making the modules I have downloaded, it just gets bad test results and won't continue.

In reply to MCPAN shell not working. by davidov0009

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