Cpan reload index failed

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have problems with working with CPAN. I have been googling all morning with no results. Sorry, if someone already asked this, but I could't really find solutions for my problem. I have Strawberry Perl (v5.18.2) on Windows. When I try to get some module or reload the index i get this?

cpan> reload index
Fetching with LWP:
http://mirrors.nic.cz/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
Fetching with LWP:
http://mirrors.nic.cz/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
Fetching with LWP:
http://mirrors.nic.cz/modules/03modlist.data.gz
Creating database file ...
Indexing failed! at C:/strawberry/perl/vendor/lib/CPAN/SQLite.pm line 
+71, <TYPE>
 line 353.
CPAN::SQLite setup failed at C:/strawberry/perl/vendor/lib/CPAN/SQLite
+/META.pm l
ine 352, <TYPE> line 353.
Catching error: "system C:\\strawberry\\perl\\bin\\perl.exe -MCPAN::SQ
+Lite::META
=setup,update,check -e setup failed: 2304 at C:\\strawberry\\perl\\ven
+dor\\lib/C
PAN/SQLite/META.pm line 345.\cJ" at C:/strawberry/perl/lib/CPAN.pm lin
+e 392.
        CPAN::shell() called at C:/strawberry/perl/lib/App/Cpan.pm lin
+e 338
        App::Cpan::_process_options("App::Cpan") called at C:/strawber
+ry/perl/li
b/App/Cpan.pm line 421
        App::Cpan::run("App::Cpan") called at C:\strawberry\perl\bin/c
+pan.bat li
ne 25
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Re: Cpan reload index failed by marto (Cardinal) on May 19, 2014 at 09:24 UTC
Firstly the URLs for the mirror you're using are wrong, http://www.cpan.org/SITES.html states http:// or ftp://mirrors.nic.cz/CPAN/. Pulling back files from here is fine. Perhaps the SQLite DB is corrupt in some way. I suggest you exit cpan, rename cpandb.sql, start cpan and reload the index: `D:\perl\cpan> rename cpandb.sql cpandb.sql.bck D:\perl\cpan> cpan cpan> reload index Creating database file ... Done!` [download] Note that your path to cpandb.sql may differ from mine. Update: slight update to the example output.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Cpan reload index failed by greenhorn_007 (Acolyte) on May 20, 2014 at 15:43 UTC
Thanks for all the replies, but nothing helped ( it's me who asked the question, I just registered after asking). So I used the right mirror, I used various mirror links actually, but the same result. It's probably something from this PC? I tried the same things from home, no problems, no mistakes.. but here I am behind proxy, at work, and behind god-knows-what security policies... but long story. I am sure I set up the proxy correctly( because in the beginning i got the wrong config and had different kind of fails ;) ) So maybe the problem is something local, but I have no idea what. I don't insist on using CPAN installation, I will be fine with manual configuration, but I am on Windows and don't have the make commands. Can someone suggest an alternative? Is dmake okay? Is there really a big difference between the two? I can get the modules that config with build-stuff, not the make-stuff, but not everything I need has it :( Or can I just download the module archives, extract and copy them in the perl folder - is that like a valid installation? And finally, I really, really just need some way to get the CPAN modules, if not fix my fails PS: If I write here, will someone take the time to help me? http://noc.perl.org as the source of contact details for the sysadmin(s).	[reply]
Re^3: Cpan reload index failed by marto (Cardinal) on May 20, 2014 at 15:55 UTC
"Or can I just download the module archives, extract and copy them in the perl folder - is that like a valid installation?" This may take a long longer than you think, many modules have lots of dependencies. "Or can I just download the module archives, extract and copy them in the perl folder - is that like a valid installation?" Not wise, there are many modules containing C code which require compilation etc. "I don't insist on using CPAN installation, I will be fine with manual configuration, but I am on Windows and don't have the make commands. Can someone suggest an alternative? Is dmake okay? Is there really a big difference between the two?" In installation notes just replace the use of `make` with `dmake`, but you would be better resolving the issue you have IMHO. "nothing helped" Strange. Can you open a command prompt and try what I suggested and show me the output here?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Cpan reload index failed by greenhorn_007 (Acolyte) on May 20, 2014 at 16:22 UTC
Re^4: Cpan reload index failed by greenhorn_007 (Acolyte) on May 20, 2014 at 16:27 UTC
Re^5: Cpan reload index failed by marto (Cardinal) on May 21, 2014 at 11:50 UTC
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Re: Cpan reload index failed by Bloodnok (Vicar) on May 19, 2014 at 09:02 UTC
It would appear, from some of tadays' chat on CB, that problems have been reported on a sporadic basis since Friday. marto kindly identified http://noc.perl.org as the source of contact details for the sysadmin(s). ambrus also suggested an alternative http://mcpan.org... A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))	[reply]
Re^2: Cpan reload index failed by marto (Cardinal) on May 19, 2014 at 09:12 UTC
They are using a mirror, which is working fine provided you use the correct URL (which is wrong in their example).	[reply]