# perl -MCPAN -e shell
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cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.9205)
ReadLine support available (maybe install Bundle::CPAN or Bundle::CPANxxl?)

cpan[1]> install NDBM_File
CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.18)
Going to read /root/.cpan/Metadata
  Database was generated on Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:33:04 GMT
Running install for module 'NDBM_File'
CPAN: Data::Dumper loaded ok (v2.121_14)
'YAML' not installed, falling back to Data::Dumper and Storable to read prefs '/root/.cpan/prefs'
The most recent version "1.08" of the module "NDBM_File"
is part of the perl-5.12.1 distribution. To install that, you need to run
  force install NDBM_File   --or--
  install J/JE/JESSE/perl-5.12.1.tar.gz
CPAN: Time::HiRes loaded ok (v1.9719)
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Failed during this command:
 JESSE/perl-5.12.1.tar.gz                     : make NO isa perl