installing DBI from cpan and getting this...

[thefinn]

what the hell is it trying to do to /usr/bin anyhow? should it not just 
install into /usr/lib/perl/site/blah ???

Is there not a package I can install for this apart from compiling the 
cpan one?

and just generally :(


test.pl done
  TIMB/DBI-1.605.tar.gz
  make test -- OK
Running make install
Prepending /home/Peter/.cpan/build/DBI-1.605-JM46bf/blib/arch 
/home/Peter/.cpan/
build/DBI-1.605-JM46bf/blib/lib to PERL5LIB for 'install'
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ERROR: Can't create '/usr/bin'
Do not have write permissions on '/usr/bin'
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 at -e line 1
Files found in blib/arch: installing files in blib/lib into architecture 
depende
nt library tree
make: *** [pure_site_install] Error 2
  TIMB/DBI-1.605.tar.gz
  make install  -- NOT OK
----
  You may have to su to root to install the package
  (Or you may want to run something like
    o conf make_install_make_command 'sudo make'

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