Error installing Perl CGI module from cpan - perl

Question

I get the following results when doing cpan install CGI on Ubuntu 10.4.
Test Summary Report
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t/tmpdir.t (Wstat: 0 Tests: 9 Failed: 0)
TODO passed: 3, 6, 8
t/url.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 0 Failed: 0)
Non-zero exit status: 255
Parse errors: No plan found in TAP output
Files=39, Tests=695, 2 wallclock secs ( 0.45 usr 0.11 sys + 1.19 cusr 0.21 csys = 1.96 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 1/39 test programs. 0/695 subtests failed.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
MARKSTOS/CGI.pm-3.55.tar.gz
/usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
//hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, try:
reports MARKSTOS/CGI.pm-3.55.tar.gz
Running make install
make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
Failed during this command:
MARKSTOS/CGI.pm-3.55.tar.gz : make_test NO
And cpan force install also create same results. Has anyone had this error, does anyone know how to fix it?

Answer 1

Don't install modules from CPAN if you have a packet manager. This may cause problems with update or with other modules.
Just use:
apt-get install libcgi-pm-perl
OR, if you can't find the package with needed module, you must make a package first ( you need to install dh-make-perl package for that)
sample of creating debian/ubuntu package:
wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/M/MA/MARKSTOS/CGI.pm-3.63.tar.gz
tar -xvpf CGI.pm-3.63.tar.gz
cd CGI.pm-3.63/
dh-make-perl
debian/rules binary
and install it with
sudo dpkg -i packagename.deb