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But I can't install cpanplus, because my hosters are on perl 5.8.0 and you need at least 5.8.1 for cpanplus.
No you don't. See http://search.cpan.org/src/KANE/CPANPLUS-0.0562/META.yml:
name: CPANPLUS
version: 0.0562
abstract: Ameliorated interface to the CPAN
author: Jos Boumans <kane@cpan.org>
license: perl
distribution_type: module
requires:
  perl: 5.6.1
no_index:
  directory:
    - lib/CPANPLUS/inc
    - inc
generated_by: Module::Install version 0.36
I run CPANPLUS on 5.6.1.

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Re^2: Can/should I run an upgraded version of perl locally, on a shared web server where I don't have root?
by tphyahoo (Vicar) on Oct 06, 2005 at 09:36 UTC
    Thanks Podmaster. I see now the problem is 5.8.0 on redhat, something I probably should have mentioned in the initial post. This is the first time I've had such an involved install in a unix environment.

    From the makefile: 

    ### there's issues with redhat 9.0's stock perl -- they applied some
### custom patches on their 5.8.0 and it breaks use constant a => sub 
+{};
if( $^O eq 'linux' and -e '/etc/redhat-release' and 
    $] == '5.008' and (grep /Red Hat, Inc/, values %Config::Config)
) {
    print loc("
### IMPORTANT! ######################################################

You are using perl $] supplied by RedHat, who have applied custom
patches that break various perl modules, including this one.

You will have to migrate to a perl without these flaws. You could
do this for example by building a perl installation by hand. 
You can obtain the sources from www.cpan.org.

We're sorry for the inconvenience.

#####################################################################

    ") . $/;

    require 5.008001;
}

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    I wonder if this will cause other problems that would leave me better off developing somewhere else if the hosters won't upgrade, or if it's no big deal. (For all I know there could be other problems with a fresher version.) For now I am going to try installing catalyst without cpanplus.
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