Hi, I'm trying to set up cpan on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. In the terminal I wrote

sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell
make install
install Bundle::CPAN

I've done an update and upgrade and have also installed perl. When I try to download XML::Parser in cpan it complains 

make: *** [subdirs] Error 2
  TODDR/XML-Parser-2.41.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/make -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Failed during this command:
 TODDR/XML-Parser-2.41.tar.gz                 : make NO

[download]

This happens with any module I try to download. I noticed it was discussed in this 2010 thread http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=866275 with no luck. Any help solving the cause of this error would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

In reply to CPAN - error with installation by Jeri

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