Heh. CPAN is just a convenience module to automate installing modules. If you are running a Linux distribution, use your package manager to install modules. If you don't have that option you can still download the raw tar.gz file from the CPAN website and then make install it yourself. This is the last ditch fallback.

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Jeremy
I didn't believe in evil until I dated it.

Removing CPAN from the internet would aggravate the thousands of users who do find it more convenient than stuffing around with downloads and makes.