Hi,

I'm having trouble installing Perl modules, specifically the XML::LibXML module.
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server.

I'm following the guide at:
http://library.linode.com/linux-tools/utilities/cpanm

In a terminal window, when I type (with and without sudo):

curl https://raw.github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus/master/cpanm > cpanm

I get the error:


What do I need to do to fix this? I'm a beginner, so please keep it simple.

Thanks

It sounds like you don't have permissions to write files in the directory you're in.

In any case, though, you probably want to use the version that's in Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install libxml-libxml-perl

If a module is named "xxx::yyy", you can often find it packaged as "libxxx-yyy-perl".

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That worked for me.......thanks
If in the future I want to install a module that doesn't fit the "libxxx-yyy-perl" nameing convention, is there a way to find out what it is? I'm wondering if there's a big list somewhere....
XML::LibXML ====> libxml-libxml-perl
etc
etc

'apt-cache search' lets you search all the packages for things matching particular words (or, more accurately, regular expressions):

rtucker@witte:~$ apt-cache search libxml perl
inkscape - vector-based drawing program
libxml-dom-perl - Perl module for building DOM Level 1 compliant doc structures
libxml-filter-buffertext-perl - Perl module for putting all characters into a single event
libxml-handler-yawriter-perl - Perl module for writing XML documents
libxml-libxml-perl - Perl interface to the libxml2 library
libxml-namespacesupport-perl - Perl module for supporting simple generic namespaces
libxml-parser-perl - Perl module for parsing XML files
libxml-perl - Perl modules for working with XML
...

Check the apt-cache man page for a bunch of other cool stuff, too!

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