minicpan: command not found

Maybe Your $PATH variable doesn't contain the default paths? echo $PATH should give something like:

[root@server ~]# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

If it's empty, You may set the PATH variable with this command

export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin"

On Debian possible default full paths are:

/usr/bin/minicpan - from package: libcpan-mini-perl

You may install the required package with command apt-get install {package}

Error in other languages:
minicpan: bevel nie gevind nie
minicpan: comandă negăsită
minicpan: comando não encontrado
minicpan: commande introuvable
minicpan: command not found
minicpan: käsku ei ole
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minicpan: komanda nerasta
minicpan: Kommando nicht gefunden.
minicpan: kommandot finns inte
minicpan: komut yok
minicpan: nie znaleziono polecenia
minicpan: níor aimsíodh an t-ordú
minicpan: no se encontró la orden
minicpan: no s'ha trobat l'ordre
minicpan: opdracht niet gevonden
minicpan: parancs nem található
minicpan: perintah tidak ditemukan
minicpan: príkaz nenájdený
minicpan: příkaz nenalezen
minicpan: команда не найдена
minicpan: командата не е открита
minicpan: 命令找不到
minicpan: コマンドが見つかりません