I started off as always by using RPM's for everything I possibly can.
I try to do that, too. The claim in another reply that RPM CPAN modules and cpan- or cpanm-installed modules cannot work together is incorrect.
Since I'm the only other person to reply, I presume you mean something I said, but I don't think I ever said they "cannot work together" - in fact I said that personally, I use both RPM and CPAN and install into system locations.
All I was trying to do was to explain to Gary *why* his CPAN installs weren't working as expected, and that it is because of the possibility of CPAN over-writing RPM installed modules (and the confusion that may result), and that this was deemed to be a bad thing so the default install location was changed.
P.