Re^2: Problem Starting CPAN Shell with ftp.perl.org

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Re^3: Problem Starting CPAN Shell with ftp.perl.org by bart (Canon) on Sep 02, 2008 at 07:02 UTC
How do you do that? By adding HTTP URLs in the URL-list. The main tool to manage that list is "`o conf`" in the CPAN shell. You can see the current contents (under "urllist") with just "`o conf`", or, more limited in output, with "`o conf urllist`". You can replace the whole URL-list with, for example (this is the contents I have, which must have been put there by default): `o conf urllist http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN http://cpan.perl.org` [download] You can also add a URL to the existing list with `shift` and `push`, like this: `o conf urllist push http://cpan.perl.org o conf urllist unshift http://cpan.perl.org` [download] or drop the first or last entry resp. with `o conf urllist shift o conf urllist pop` [download] You must save the changes with `o conf commit` [download] or you can rollback (after a disastrous mistake) with `o conf defaults` [download] HTH.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Problem Starting CPAN Shell with ftp.perl.org by Anonymous Monk on Mar 25, 2009 at 15:59 UTC
Thank you very much for step by step instructions. I am a perl / Linux newbie and was trying to get some perl modules installed for past 2 days. Even though my firewall was allowing ftp, somehow I couldn't download the required modules using ftp. As soon as i added https to my cpan config file, things worked flawlessly. Thanks again	[reply]
Re^4: Problem Starting CPAN Shell with ftp.perl.org by Anonymous Monk on Nov 06, 2009 at 21:34 UTC
Um. . .if you could get to a CPAN shell without going through this we wouldn't be having this conversation, right?	[reply]
Re^4: Problem Starting CPAN Shell with ftp.perl.org by Anonymous Monk on May 13, 2010 at 06:39 UTC
after much frustration, the following worked for me: cpan <-- answer "no" to initial setup. This allows (auto configured) Config.pm file (see below) to be initialised. Previously I think this file had "1;" or something helpful in it! I then added: `'dontload_hash' => {"Net::FTP" => 1, "LWP" =>1 }, # disable Net::FTP + and LWP which usually hang to: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Config.pm - see section: $CPAN::Config = { ...` [download] but this alone did not seem to do the job. I'm still not sure if this step had any effect. (in cpan shell) `o conf urllist http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN http://cpan.perl.org o conf commit quit` [download] worked for me - thanks! 20100528 Janitored by Corion: Added formatting, code tags, as per Writeup Formatting Tips	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Problem Starting CPAN Shell with ftp.perl.org by Anonymous Monk on Jul 17, 2012 at 14:59 UTC
So I did ... # perl -MCPAN -e 'shell' And then ... cpan> o conf urllist http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN http://cpan.perl.org cpan> exit Terminal does not support GetHistory. Lockfile removed. But when I do # cpan I still get ... Fetching with Net::FTP: ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/MIRRORED.BY Fetching with Net::FTP ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/MIRRORED.BY.gz	[reply]
Re^5: Problem Starting CPAN Shell with ftp.perl.org by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 17, 2012 at 15:02 UTC
`# perl -MCPAN -e 'shell'` [download] And then ... `cpan> o conf urllist http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN http://cpan.p +erl.org cpan> exit Terminal does not support GetHistory. Lockfile removed.` [download] You did not save your configuration. Before leaving the CPAN shell, you need the `o conf commit` [download] command. Just like the posts instructed you.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: Problem Starting CPAN Shell with ftp.perl.org by bart (Canon) on Jul 29, 2012 at 12:30 UTC
Re^6: Problem Starting CPAN Shell with ftp.perl.org by Anonymous Monk on Jul 17, 2012 at 15:16 UTC


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