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Subject: Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD
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> Gerard wrote:
>> On October 24, 2007 at 01:44AM Noah wrote:
>>
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>>> I am looking around for a really simple way to install CPAN on FreeBSD.
>>> I keep running into errors in one variation or another.
>>

I'm not a very heavy perl user, but I've never *needed* to install CPAN on
FreeBSD. A little creative searching has revealed that most perl packages
are part of the FreeBSD Ports collection.

If you use more obscure CPAN packages, I can see there might be a need to
install CPAN, but try ports first.

James