Re: cpan problem

Generally, it is considered a bad idea to muck about with the system-installed Perl on any Linux-system. There are probably a lot of other applications that need this Perl to work. Even upgrading to newer versions of the existing modules is not guaranteed to be safe.

If you need a more modern Perl (I seem to remember Ubuntu 10.04 LTS comes with some version of Perl 5.10) or need to update some modules, best to install a second version of Perl in your private directories and explicitly run this version for your own needs and leave the system Perl "as is".

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

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Re^2: cpan problem by Anonymous Monk on Dec 27, 2010 at 18:20 UTC
In futherance of this, perlbrew is an excellent tool which facilitates installing and managing Perl installations (eg, switching between working versions).	[reply]