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To: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Perl module install 
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From: Chris Fedde <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:31:48 -0600
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 22:12:31 +0200  Len Conrad wrote:
 +------------------
 | # perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::FTP'
 | Can't locate object method "install" via package "Net::FTP" (perhaps you 
 | forgot to load "Net::FTP"?) at -e line 1.
 +------------------


Perl is getting confused between function syntax and indirect method syntax.
Try

    perl -MCPAN -e 'install(Net::FTP)' 

Note the parens.

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    Chris Fedde

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