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  * Audience: Perl users
  * Requires additional Perl modules (available as MacPorts perl ports: see step [#Step4:Getcpan2port Get cpan2port])
+ * I assume you are building your modules in a standard location, so commands that will write files in standard locations are preceded with 'sudu'.
+ *   If you are building file in directories you own, leave off the 'sudo' when using these commands.
+
 
 
 == Introduction ==
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@
 You must have a properly configured cpan client for cpan2port to work.
 You can either step through the questions, or let it auto-configure.
 {{{
-$ cpan
+$ sudo cpan
 CPAN is the world-wide archive of perl resources. It consists of about
 [...]
 Would you like me to configure as much as possible automatically? [yes] ''yes''
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@
    DESCRIPTION  ASCII Date parser using regexp's
    CPAN_USERID  GBARR (Graham Barr <gbarr at pobox.com>)
    CPAN_VERSION 2.30
-   CPAN_FILE    G/GB/GBARR/TimeDate-1.20.tar.gz
+   **CPAN_FILE    G/GB/GBARR/TimeDate-1.20.tar.gz**
    DSLIP_STATUS Rdpf? (released,developer,perl,functions,)
    MANPAGE      Date::Parse - Parse date strings into time values
    INST_FILE    /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.9/Date/Parse.pm
@@ -116,7 +119,7 @@
    # Note: make sure you're in the Portfile directory for the port you want to build. In our case ~/macports/perl/p5-timedate.
 
 {{{
-$ port build
+$ sudo port build
 Warning: MacPorts running without privileges. You may be unable to complete certain actions (e.g. install).
 --->  Computing dependencies for p5-timedate
 --->  Fetching p5-timedate
@@ -129,6 +132,11 @@
 --->  Configuring p5-timedate
 --->  Building p5-timedate
 }}}
+
+If you get an error similar to:
+{{{ Error: p5-timedate depends on p5.28-timedate }}}
+when trying to build, try the following command
+{{{ sudo port build subport=p5.28-timedate }}}
 
 === Step 8: '''Fix the Portfile''' ===
 
@@ -162,7 +170,7 @@
 If you make changes to the Portfile, remember to re-build it:
 {{{
 $ cd ~/macports/perl/p5-timedate
-$ port build
+$ sudo port build
 }}}
 
 === Step 9: '''Update your PortIndex Files''' ===
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