Can't locate local/lib.pm CPAN error on Ubuntu 12.04

So the default Perl installation that ships with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, does not include local::lib which is necessary if you want to use CPAN.

Error

Can't locate local/lib.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /home/tony/perl5/lib/perl5 /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.14 /usr/share/perl/5.14 /usr/local/lib/site_perl /home/tony) at /usr/share/perl/5.14/CPAN/FirstTime.pm line 1300.

Fix

sudo apt-get install liblocal-lib-perl

Resources

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16702642/cant-locate-local-lib-pm-in-inc-at-usr-share-perl-5-14-cpan-firsttime-pm

Tags: [ perl ubuntu ]

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