[SLL] cpan, perl module help

[Mike Bate]

Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
>> 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.

Great idea. /usr/local/man is a link. Which I'd checked to see it existed. But 
had not seen if what it linked to existed - which it didn't. Fixed that, and the 
module installed.

Thanks!