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I was following the comments in http://use.perl.org/~Alias/journal/ 34680 and came across something that was new to me, and seemed worthy of repeating here - if only one other person learns this it'll be worth it: In comment http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=37249&cid=58370 brian d foy points out that these days there is a really easy way to run CPAN as a normal user, and install as root. Here's how to set your CPAn config to do this: From your shell prompt: sudo cpan Then from the cpan shell: o conf make_install_make_command 'sudo make' o conf mbuild_install_build_command 'sudo ./Build' o conf commit quit From now on, run cpan as a regular user: cpan Some::New::Module That will build as you, and install as root. You may also need to change the permissions on your cpan_home directory so that your regular user can write to it. Brian points out that Normal first-time configuration these days offers that, but if you are like me and have been upgrading CPAN on an old configuration you may have overlooked this very useful addition. This public service announcement brought to you while I should be working for The Man. -M ------------------------------------------------------- Matisse Enzer <matisse@matisse.net> http://www.matisse.net/ - http://www.eigenstate.net/