Your MakeMaker is a bit dated[5.45]. You should get a new one Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for CPAN::Checksums cp Checksums.pm blib/lib/CPAN/Checksums.pm Manifying blib/man3/CPAN::Checksums.3 PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/bin/perl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib -I/home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1/i686-linux-thread-multi -I/home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1 -e 'use Test::Harness qw(&runtests $verbose); $verbose=1; runtests @ARGV;' t/*.t t/52podcover........1..0 # Skip Test::Pod::Coverage 0.18 required for testing pod coverage skipped: Test::Pod::Coverage 0.18 required for testing pod coverage t/pod...............1..0 # Skip Test::Pod 1.00 required for testing POD skipped: Test::Pod 1.00 required for testing POD t/updatedir.........1..20 ok 1 - use CPAN::Checksums; Can't locate object method "new" via package "File::Temp" (perhaps you forgot to load "File::Temp"?) at blib/lib/CPAN/Checksums.pm line 184. # Looks like you planned 20 tests but only ran 1. # Looks like your test died just after 1. dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED tests 2-20 Failed 19/20 tests, 5.00% okay Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- t/updatedir.t 255 65280 20 19 95.00% 2-20 2 tests skipped. Failed 1/3 test scripts, 66.67% okay. 19/20 subtests failed, 5.00% okay. make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 2