Hi, On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 18:36, Al Sparks <data345 at yahoo.com> wrote: > I'm trying to install [...whatever...] using CPAN. DON'T! http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/SourceInstalls#head-cfd9f0e0d2b93af6f3ada5326e80577efc82fd2b > 1. Is there an alternative way to install swatch? I didn't get a hit > when I tried yum. Look at RPMforge, they have swatch 3.1 here: http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/swatch/ > 2. I'm not wedded to swatch. Is there another log checker out there > that will work with CentOS? logwatch comes with CentOS and is installed by default. > 3. Lastly, here's the error I get when I attempt to install > Pod::Simple through CPAN: That's why you should never use CPAN on a RHEL/CentOS box. HTH, Filipe