No Sphinx2 installation could be found in any of the following directories: /home/cpanrun Please specify the --prefix option used to configure Sphinx2 on the command-line for 'perl Makefile.PL" like this: $ perl Makefile.PL --sphinx-prefix=/path/where/you/installed/it If you are unsure where this is, ask your system administrator, or whoever installed Sphinx2 on your system.