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Error while Installing Math::Pari
I'm trying to install Math::Pari module but getting error.
I'm installing on Windows Server 2012R2, I've Strawberry perl v5.18.4.1 32-bit currently installed on it.
Actually Math::Pari is dependency for Net::SSH::W32Perl and I want to install that…

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Failed to install Proc::Daemon on Ubuntu 14.10
I am trying to install Proc::Daemon on Ubuntu 14.10 (Perl v5.20) :
$ cpanm Proc::Daemon
--> Working on Proc::Daemon
Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/A/AK/AKREAL/Proc-Daemon-0.20.tar.gz ... OK
Configuring Proc-Daemon-0.20 ... OK
Building and…

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Installing cpanm in a bash script
I'm writing a script that installs and configures Nagios to my requirements. It requires cpanm and some perl modules.
It's using the step/try/next function from here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5196220
step "Downloading cpanm installer"
try `wget…

andys
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CPAN install into temp directory?
I'm trying to install quite a few modules from CPAN into a temporary directory.
This is purely to place quite a few of them into a directory that I can then create a custom RPM out of. The rpm will then later be used on new installs as a bootstrap…

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automatic response to cpanm prompt
I am installing perl module Bio::DB::Sam.
Shortly, installer asks me to locate bam.h and libbam.a files:
--> Working on Bio::DB::Sam
Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/L/LD/LDS/Bio-SamTools-1.39.tar.gz ... OK
Configuring Bio-SamTools-1.39 ...…

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Unable to install HTML::TreeBuilder::XPath with cpanm
I'm trying to install HTML::TreeBuilder::XPath as user. but I get this error :
Building and testing HTML-Parser-3.71 ... FAIL
! Installing HTML::Entities failed. See /home/user/.cpanm/build.log for details.
So if I take a look at this file…

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cpanm fails to install module; gives usage message
tyler@tyler:~$ cpanm −−local−lib HTML::Parser
Usage: cpanm [options] Module [...]
Try `cpanm --help` or `man cpanm` for more options.
Why is it giving me a usage message? I copy-pasted that command straight from Intermediate Perl (page 23).…

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error in running cpanm --installdeps on ubuntu 18.04
I'm trying to intall defects4j on ubuntu 18.04. but when I run the command:cpanm --installdeps .
I get errors on jason and DBD.
faeze@ubuntu:~/defects4j$ cpanm --installdeps .
--> Working on .
Configuring /home/faeze/defects4j ... OK
==> Found…

faeze
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Is there a way to save off the binary artifacts from a cpanm installed module for distribution to like systems?
I am creating an image in wsl with scripting starting from a base Amazon Linux2 import. The following is some of the scripting. The {{THIRDPARTYCACHE}} label is replaced with a path to persistent storage, persistent in that it survives through…

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trouble installing perl module with cpanm
I'm trying to install Vcf.pm from CPAN and am having no luck. Part of the problem is that I can't get cpanm to work.
This is where I started:
https://metacpan.org/pod/release/AJPAGE/Bio-Pipeline-Comparison-1.123050/lib/Vcf.pm
The Install…

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How to cpan install from a local source [Linux::Inotify2]
Trying to install Linux::Inotify on Fedora Core 6 x86 machine which ends up in failure.
Looks like the kernel which is below 2.6.36 doesn't support IN_EXCL_UNLINK. This causes the issue in installation. So I have modified the source code and tried…

Sabin Cheruvattil
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Cpanm Ansible with List
Recently been trying to get get Ansible working with Cpanm. I have read
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/cpanm_module.html
and been able to install one perl module using the code below:
# install Dancer perl package
- cpanm:
name:…

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wxPerl install on Mac
I've been able to install wxWidgets on my Mac and use wxPython just fine, but now that I'm trying to use Perl, I need to download wxPerl. I tried to install and the install failed, and I'm not sure what went wrong or how to fix it. Can you help?…

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Why is cpanminus installed using a single dash argument to the Perl interpreter?
When looking at Cpanminus, I saw that one way to install it is the following:
curl -L https://cpanmin.us | perl - App::cpanminus
The first part downloads a file from the URL which can be interpreted by the Perl interpreter, and then pipes it to…

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Download XML::LibXML and its dependencies
I want to install XML::LibXML (among others) on a Linux machine with no internet and no root access.
My current solution is to download XML::LibXML and its dependencies from Windows, with strawberry perl, then install them on my linux machine. But…

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