thanks adrano. you are correct. have installed perl-cpan. it is resolved now.
thanks again, On Feb 1, 2008 8:17 AM, Adriano Ferreira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 1, 2008 10:47 AM, Pradeep Mishra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > hi all > > > > I have been trying to install spamassin using ...perl -MCPAN -e shell > > which throws an error > > > > Can't locate CPAN.pm in @INC (@INC contains: > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i386-linux-thread-multi > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux-thread-multi > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl > > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi > > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/i386-linux-thread-multi > > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux-thread-multi > > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi > > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7 > > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5 > > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi > > /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 .). > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# > > > > > > Tried to search for CPAN.pm but is not found. > > > > perl version is > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# perl -v > > > > This is perl, v5.8.8 built for i386-linux-thread-multi > > > > > > packages installed > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rpm -qa | grep perl > > perl-devel-5.8.8-32.fc8 > > perl-libs-5.8.8-32.fc8 > > perl-String-CRC32-1.4-3.fc8 > > perl-5.8.8-32.fc8 > > perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.30-32.fc8 > > groff-perl-1.18.1.4-10.fc8 > > perl-DBI-1.58-2.fc8 > > perl-Test-Harness-2.56-32.fc8 > > perl-DBD-MySQL-4.005-2.fc8.1 > > perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.26-32.fc8 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# > > > > > > > > Would appreciate if some one can help me solve this issue. > > It looks like you need to install a rpm package which should probably > be named perl-CPAN or something like that. Your current system does > not have CPAN installed or have used some weird path perl is not > looking at. > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Good Judgement comes from Experience and Experience comes from bad > > Judgement!! > > The more I know, the more I realize I don't know!? > > The easiest way to find out is to try it!!! > > > -- Good Judgement comes from Experience and Experience comes from bad Judgement!! The more I know, the more I realize I don't know!? The easiest way to find out is to try it!!!