I think that the requirement checker probably uses the CPAN module, so if you can't use the CPAN module, it won't work either. What kind of error messages do you get when doing (as root) the command: $ perl -MCPAN -e shell and at the 'cpan' prompt enter: cpan> install Params::Validate there should be something there that might help solve the mystery. >>> wilson at visi.com 11/14/03 12:26PM >>> On Nov 14, 2003, at 10:01 AM, John J. Trammell wrote: > Have you done anything with CPAN yet? If not, then the package files > won't be there. What does 'ls -lR /root/.cpan/sources/' say? > If they're missing, you can do: > # perl -MCPAN -e shell > to set up your CPAN module. That might download them. > 'perldoc CPAN' for gory details. I should have mentioned that I'd already gone through the CPAN config process. Sorry. The CPAN initialization appeared to run without incident. I'm also unable to install individual CPAN packages à la perl -MCPAN -e 'install Params::Validate' _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list