[SLL] cpan, perl module help

[Jeremy C. Reed]

> Running make install
> mkdir /usr/local/man: File exists at
>    /usr/share/perl/5.8/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 112
> make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 17
> /usr/bin/make install  -- NOT OK

Run "file /usr/local/man"

Most likely at some time, you attempted to cp something to /usr/local/man 
but "man" didn't exist as a directory. So it became a new file.

Remove (or move) that "man" file. And mkdir /usr/local/man

I have seen this many times with broken software installers that assume 
directories (sbin, bin, man, etc.) exist.