will need to install and configure cpan. typicall you will just need to type cpan at the command prompt as root and type yes then type install YAML install CPAN at the command line or order to make certain to install YAML as well as CPAN these two packages are dependents of IO::Prompt I believe apt-get install gcc libkrb5-dev libcrypt-ssleay-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl libnet-ldap-perl libio-prompt-perl libyaml-perl cpan install Net::LDAP type y/yes to all the options cpan install IO::Prompt type y/yes to all the options