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and subject line Solution install libwww-perl.
has caused the Debian Bug report #625980,
regarding CPAN: reports -> LWP not installed; cannot continue
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: perl-modules
Version: 5.10.1-17
Severity: normal
www:~# perl -MCPAN -e shell
Terminal does not support AddHistory.
cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.9402)
Enter 'h' for help.
cpan[1]> reports PLURAL/Data-Form-Elements-0.61.tar.gz
CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.20)
Going to read '/root/.cpan/Metadata'
Database was generated on Sat, 07 May 2011 03:27:57 GMT
Distribution: P/PL/PLURAL/Data-Form-Elements-0.61.tar.gz
CPAN: CPAN::DistnameInfo loaded ok (v0.10)
LWP not installed; cannot continue
cpan[2]> q
Terminal does not support GetHistory.
Lockfile removed.
www:~#
I've traced this down to a call to CPAN::META->has_usable("LWP")
CPAN::LWP::UserAgent is what would otherwise be laoded and this
exists as part of the perl-modules debian package.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.35.4-rscloud (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages perl-modules depends on:
ii perl 5.10.1-17 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
perl-modules recommends no packages.
perl-modules suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
After installing libwww-perl this problem went away. I was expecting to
install liblwp-perl or liblwp-useragent-perl. When I found
CPAN/LWP/UserAgent.pm I assumed I had LWP.
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