apt-file fails???

[David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b@dd-b.net>]

After installing apt-file, it doesn't work; erroring out, in fact.  Is
there some missing dependency, perhaps?  

Here's the install, the failure, and a check:

player ddb# apt-get install apt-file libapt-pkg-perl
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  apt-file libapt-pkg-perl
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0  not
upgraded.
Need to get 0B/87.2kB of archives. After unpacking 401kB will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package apt-file.
(Reading database ... 17219 files and directories currently
installed.)
Unpacking apt-file (from .../apt-file_0.2.3-4_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libapt-pkg-perl.
Unpacking libapt-pkg-perl (from .../libapt-pkg-perl_0.1.4_i386.deb)
...
Setting up apt-file (0.2.3-4) ...

Setting up libapt-pkg-perl (0.1.4) ...

player ddb# apt-file update
Can't locate object method "host" via package "URI::_foreign" (perhaps
you forgot to load "URI::_foreign"?) at /usr/bin/apt-file line 189.
player ddb# apt-get check apt-file
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done

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