HTML::Format woes

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I am trying to install HTML::Format but I get this error:

 <!-- ~/tmp --> perl -MCPAN -e 'install HTML::Format'
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read /home/W049945/.cpan/Metadata
  Database was generated on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:30:58 GMT
Warning: Cannot install HTML::Format, don't know what it is.
Try the command

    i /HTML::Format/

to find objects with matching identifiers.
  <!-- ~/tmp -->
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I then tried to use some chatterbox idea and it failed too:

  <!-- ~/tmp --> perl -MCPAN -e 'install HTML-Format'
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read /home/W049945/.cpan/Metadata
  Database was generated on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:30:58 GMT
Warning: Cannot install 0, don't know what it is.
Try the command

    i /0/

to find objects with matching identifiers.
  <!-- ~/tmp -->
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Also I'm a bit worried about the unaddressed bugs with the module, some dating back 3 years.

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Re: HTML::Format woes by pc88mxer (Vicar) on Feb 26, 2008 at 16:13 UTC
~~I don't think `HTML::Format` exists anymore, and that's why you're getting these messages from CPAN.~~ Try: `i /HTML-Format/` [download] and `install SBURKE/HTML-Format-2.04.tar.gz` [download] I guess the confusion is that there is no module named `HTML::Format`. The modules are named `HTML::Format`X where X is `PS`, `RTF`, `Text` and `ter`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]