title: How to uninstall perl installed via cpan which conflicts with yum
body: <p>On my centos 6.3 server I installed perl via the <code>yum install perl</code> packager install</p>
  
  <p>However, while installing <code>ExtUtils/Embed</code> via <code>cpan</code> cpan updated my Perl to v5.17.4 when it should be  5.10.1-127 (presumably some way via dependencies as I used the force install method). </p>
  
  <p>So now i run into dozens of issues such as the error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>../x86_64-linux/CORE/libperl.a(op.o): relocation R_X86_64_32S against `PL_sv_yes' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which I can't recompile with fpic because it was installed via cpan somehow. The compiler is using this new perl instead of the old compatible one which doesn't give me this error.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way I can uninstall this 5.17.4 perl? I've tried to use <code>pm-uninstall</code>.. etc to no avail. I've even tried <code>yum reinstall perl</code> yet the newer perl remains in use</p>