RenderView install problem

apologies if this has been reported elsewhere.

fresh perl 5.8.9 install under ubuntu. latest of everything installed
from cpan, but install of Catalyst::Action::RenderView fails with:

t/04live...........Could not load class (TestApp) because : Can't use
string ("TestApp") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at accessor
_application defined at
/home/pkarman/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.9/Catalyst/Component/ApplicationAttribute.pm
line 8.
Compilation failed in require at
/home/pkarman/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.9/x86_64-linux/Class/MOP.pm line
135.
  at /home/pkarman/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.9/x86_64-linux/Class/MOP.pm
line 120
         Class::MOP::load_first_existing_class('TestApp') called at
/home/pkarman/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.9/x86_64-linux/Class/MOP.pm line
141

         Class::MOP::load_class('TestApp') called at
/home/pkarman/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.9/Catalyst/Test.pm line 23

         Catalyst::Test::__ANON__('Catalyst::Test', 'all',
'HASH(0x1400530)', 'HASH(0x13f2d50)') called at
/home/pkarman/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.9/Sub/Exporter.pm line 493
 

         Sub::Exporter::_expand_group('Catalyst::Test',
'HASH(0x13fffb0)', 'ARRAY(0x14000a0)', 'HASH(0x13f2d50)',
'HASH(0x1400580)', 'HASH(0x13f2920)') called at
/home/pkarman/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.9/Sub/Exporter.pm line 424

         Sub::Exporter::_expand_groups('Catalyst::Test',
'HASH(0x13fffb0)', 'ARRAY(0x1400080)', 'HASH(0x13f2d50)') called at
/home/pkarman/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.9/Sub/Exporter.pm line 742
 

         Sub::Exporter::__ANON__('Catalyst::Test', '-all',
'HASH(0x7f54b0)') called at
/home/pkarman/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.9/Catalyst/Test.pm line 106
 

         Catalyst::Test::import('Catalyst::Test', 'TestApp') called at
t/04live.t line 10
         main::BEGIN() called at
/home/pkarman/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.9/Catalyst/Test.pm line 10

         eval {...} called at
/home/pkarman/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.9/Catalyst/Test.pm line 10

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/04live.t line 10.

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