permission denied at trying install missing perl module

[andersonbosa]

Describe the bug

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When trying to install the tool, it could not be started. Apparently, a Perl module (Find::Lib) is missing, however, when trying to install it (with cpan install Find::Lib) doesn't have permission (see issue-2.png) to create a repository /usr/local/man/man3.

• I asked myself then, is it necessary to run as an administrator? Should be necessary to change the ownership from /usr/local/man/*?

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Follow the steps from https://github.com/htrgouvea/spellbook#download-and-install to clone and install
2. Wait it succeed
3. Run the spellbook help perl spellbook.pl --help
4. Observe the error point to a missing module (vide issue-1.png)
5. Try install it with cpan install Find::Lib
6. Observe the error `mkdir /usr/local/man/man3: Permission denied at /usr/share/perl/5.32/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 489. (vide issue-2.png)

Expected behavior

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I did expect running the spells :pleading_face:

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• issue-1
• issue-2

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• /proc/version: Linux version 5.14.0-kali4-amd64 ([email protected]) (gcc-10 (Debian 10.3.0-12) 10.3.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for - Debian) 2.37) #1 SMP Debian 5.14.16-1kali1 (2021-11-05)
• released at: 2021.3

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[andersonbosa]

Recently I changed my OS to pop_os! 21, I'll validate this here and after reproduce in a kali VM to debug this issue.

[htrgouvea]

Hey @andersonbosa, you can try with sudo?

[andersonbosa]

https://gist.github.com/andersonbosa/d6230a5565afcb342bc716fc4e583972

solved

i wll add more information later

[andersonbosa]

How to install cpanminus on Ubuntu 20.04?

What is cpanminus? Is a script to automatically download, build and install Perl modules from CPAN. It requires zero configuration and has a low memory footprint.

There are three ways to install cpanminus: using apt-get, apt, or aptitude.

1. To install using apt-get, run the command sudo apt-get update to update the apt database, then run sudo apt-get -y install cpanminus to install cpanminus.
2. To install using apt, run the command sudo apt update to update the apt database, then run sudo apt -y install cpanminus to install cpanminus.
3. To install using aptitude, first install aptitude using sudo apt-get install aptitude, then run sudo aptitude update to update the apt database, and finally run sudo aptitude -y install cpanminus to install cpanminus.

source: https://installati.one/install-cpanminus-ubuntu-20-04/

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@htrgouvea my problem was that I couldn't install cpanm. Issue resolved :heavy_check_mark: