in reply to CPAN error on first run

If you are simply interested in making this work try entering no at the folowing prompt:

Would you like me to automatically choose some CPAN mirror sites for you? (This means connecting to the Internet) [yes] <-- enter + no here

And continue on from there. Manually pick a mirror from the list presented. Another option would be to switch to cpanm. If you're interested in debugging this problem start by looking at the line number displayed in the error, and work back from there.

Update: also please follow the formatting advice when posting, SoPW.