It is atypical. Cpan install just works and has been like that at least 15 last years. Also major package managers have automated converters which are mature, s

It is atypical. Cpan install just works and has been like that at least 15 last years. Also major package managers have automated converters which are mature, so one-step install and convert is also a thing. Python's pip+virtualenv is often much worse, so many of the packages need `wheel` but don't depend on it and failed builds are treated as successful, so it's not as smooth as could be, but much is improved since Python 3.5+.