CPAN Modules

Ansible playbook error: Failed to find required executable cpanm in paths: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

Ansible Version:

ansible 2.8.0
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = [u’/home/jamekeit/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’]
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 2.7.5 (default, May 31 2018, 09:41:32) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-28)]

cpan-modules.yaml

  Ansible playbook error:
  <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53576865/ansible-playbook-error-failed-to-find-required-executable-mysql-in-paths&gt;Failed
  to find required executable cpanm in paths: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

Hello Keith,

where is your cpanm executable installed?

Regards
          Racke

Hi Stefan,

It’s installed on my Debian 10 host. It’s located in /usr/bin/cpan

Hi Stefan,

It's installed on my Debian 10 host. It's located in /usr/bin/cpan

Hello Keith,

that is a *different* program. cpanm is the modern version of cpan. You need to install cpanminus Debian package.

Regards
        Racke

Hi Stefan,

Installing cpanminus Debian package worked! Thank you!