Can't locate local/lib.pm in @INC at /usr/share/perl/5.14/CPAN/FirstTime.pm

Question

I am trying to use Perl the first time on my system which is Ubuntu 12.04. I have Perl v.5.14.2 installed.
I looked up how to install Perl modules, so I sta

Answer 1

Several New OS's force (like Redhat 7) force to check presence of local::lib in the perl version, actually its a good thing this enables to users to use CPAN and add,experiment and enjoy new modules to be used with the perl without waiting for sitewide installation (like a root user). By default local::lib looks for $HOME/perl5 dir where the user's local or downloaded modules are located. If you see this problem then you have to do following

1. sudo su - whatever_user_owns_perl
2. whatever_perl_install_path/cpan install local::lib